Image schema plays an important role in the acquisition of English preposition,for most of them derive from spatial conceptions,which represent how the first step that people have the basic knowledge of the world.Out ...Image schema plays an important role in the acquisition of English preposition,for most of them derive from spatial conceptions,which represent how the first step that people have the basic knowledge of the world.Out schema is one of the basic schemas inContainer schema,which belongs to the spatial motion group.The word out as well as other prepositions has a great number of extensions in meaning deriving from metaphorical mapping.展开更多
There are many implied metaphors in the poetry of Tang dynasty. In this paper, the poem Reply of a Chaste Wife and its English version are analyzed through the image schema theory to explore the explanatory power of i...There are many implied metaphors in the poetry of Tang dynasty. In this paper, the poem Reply of a Chaste Wife and its English version are analyzed through the image schema theory to explore the explanatory power of image schema to the poems of Tang dynasty.At the same time, a new perspective to the appreciation of the metaphors in the poems of Tang dynasty is provided.展开更多
The Ba sentence is unique existence in Chinese. There is no corresponding sentence pattern in English. Thus, the translation of Ba sentences is a challenge for translators. Even with the myriad analyses on the transla...The Ba sentence is unique existence in Chinese. There is no corresponding sentence pattern in English. Thus, the translation of Ba sentences is a challenge for translators. Even with the myriad analyses on the translation of Ba sentences, small quantity of them demonstrates the correctness and the reading effect of the translation by using a specific theory. And the image schema theory reflects the projects between the source domain and the target domain, while in the translation analysis there are schemata in the source language and the target language. So the paper does comparisons of schemata between the source text and the target text of Ba sentences, which are chosen from the English translation of Words of Fire—Poems by Jidi Majia translated by Denis Mair. After the demonstration, the following conclusions are found: First, the schema of the sentence is decided by verbs of the Ba sentences, rather than by the sentence structures;second, the image schema is a feasible tool to check correctness of Ba sentences translation.展开更多
The motion verb guo has various kinds of meanings. With all these meanings of guo, we can follow Lakoff ’s methods, construct-ing an image schema and its modifications for the various meanings of the motion verb guo....The motion verb guo has various kinds of meanings. With all these meanings of guo, we can follow Lakoff ’s methods, construct-ing an image schema and its modifications for the various meanings of the motion verb guo. And through metaphorical extension, all the othernon-path-related meanings of guo will be explained. The spatial domain is considered more basic, which subsequently allows being mappedonto other more abstract domains. And it is via metaphorical extension, mappings from SPACE TO TIME and TIME TO QUALITY, thatthe wide range of senses of guo is derived.展开更多
Corpus linguistics takes real language data as the research object,it widely used in many aspects of the English languageresearch, but it still appears to be inadequate application in English classrooms and teaching. ...Corpus linguistics takes real language data as the research object,it widely used in many aspects of the English languageresearch, but it still appears to be inadequate application in English classrooms and teaching. However, the problem is, in students’ English writings, the lack and imperfection of the image schema makes it difficult for Chinese students to effectively writethe composition. Thus, this paper explores the relationship between English language forms and image schemas in English writing,and discusses the possibility of using English corpus to help students construct image schema, so as to improve their English writing ability, meanwhile hope to provide a new direction in constructing domestic corpora and applying them in English teaching.展开更多
This study is a tentative exploration on image schema of three frequently used preposition:Through, Over, Acrossand ex-plain how their meanings are extended from the prototypical schemata with the example sentences fr...This study is a tentative exploration on image schema of three frequently used preposition:Through, Over, Acrossand ex-plain how their meanings are extended from the prototypical schemata with the example sentences from the OxfordDictionary and Longman Dictionary. With the relevant terms Trajector, Landmark and Path, the process of their meanings will be shown in figures. As for image schema, because of the metaphorical extension, there are various forms of image schemata appearing in one preposi-tion, while the state of them appears to be static or dynamic. It will provide some insights for word teaching and learning.展开更多
文摘Image schema plays an important role in the acquisition of English preposition,for most of them derive from spatial conceptions,which represent how the first step that people have the basic knowledge of the world.Out schema is one of the basic schemas inContainer schema,which belongs to the spatial motion group.The word out as well as other prepositions has a great number of extensions in meaning deriving from metaphorical mapping.
文摘There are many implied metaphors in the poetry of Tang dynasty. In this paper, the poem Reply of a Chaste Wife and its English version are analyzed through the image schema theory to explore the explanatory power of image schema to the poems of Tang dynasty.At the same time, a new perspective to the appreciation of the metaphors in the poems of Tang dynasty is provided.
文摘The Ba sentence is unique existence in Chinese. There is no corresponding sentence pattern in English. Thus, the translation of Ba sentences is a challenge for translators. Even with the myriad analyses on the translation of Ba sentences, small quantity of them demonstrates the correctness and the reading effect of the translation by using a specific theory. And the image schema theory reflects the projects between the source domain and the target domain, while in the translation analysis there are schemata in the source language and the target language. So the paper does comparisons of schemata between the source text and the target text of Ba sentences, which are chosen from the English translation of Words of Fire—Poems by Jidi Majia translated by Denis Mair. After the demonstration, the following conclusions are found: First, the schema of the sentence is decided by verbs of the Ba sentences, rather than by the sentence structures;second, the image schema is a feasible tool to check correctness of Ba sentences translation.
文摘The motion verb guo has various kinds of meanings. With all these meanings of guo, we can follow Lakoff ’s methods, construct-ing an image schema and its modifications for the various meanings of the motion verb guo. And through metaphorical extension, all the othernon-path-related meanings of guo will be explained. The spatial domain is considered more basic, which subsequently allows being mappedonto other more abstract domains. And it is via metaphorical extension, mappings from SPACE TO TIME and TIME TO QUALITY, thatthe wide range of senses of guo is derived.
文摘Corpus linguistics takes real language data as the research object,it widely used in many aspects of the English languageresearch, but it still appears to be inadequate application in English classrooms and teaching. However, the problem is, in students’ English writings, the lack and imperfection of the image schema makes it difficult for Chinese students to effectively writethe composition. Thus, this paper explores the relationship between English language forms and image schemas in English writing,and discusses the possibility of using English corpus to help students construct image schema, so as to improve their English writing ability, meanwhile hope to provide a new direction in constructing domestic corpora and applying them in English teaching.
文摘This study is a tentative exploration on image schema of three frequently used preposition:Through, Over, Acrossand ex-plain how their meanings are extended from the prototypical schemata with the example sentences from the OxfordDictionary and Longman Dictionary. With the relevant terms Trajector, Landmark and Path, the process of their meanings will be shown in figures. As for image schema, because of the metaphorical extension, there are various forms of image schemata appearing in one preposi-tion, while the state of them appears to be static or dynamic. It will provide some insights for word teaching and learning.