According to Lakoff et al, metaphor is the main mechanism through which we comprehend abstract concepts and perform abstract reasoning. As a great poet, Robert Frost realized the cognitive functions of metaphors and u...According to Lakoff et al, metaphor is the main mechanism through which we comprehend abstract concepts and perform abstract reasoning. As a great poet, Robert Frost realized the cognitive functions of metaphors and used them frequently and skillfully in his poetry. By doing so, he was able to convey abstract and philosophical reflections through simple language and enrich the theme of his poetry. This thesis conducts a survey of the definitions of metaphors and makes an analysis of the metaphors employed by Frost in his poetry, trying to answer two questions: 1) How does the use of metaphor help to convey the poet's abstract and profound philosophical reflections? 2) How does the use of metaphor help to enrich the themes of Frost's poetry?展开更多
This thesis,under the framework of cognitive linguistics and by applying Lakoff and Johnson's conceptual metaphor theory,is undertaken to make a comparison of HEAD,HEART and HAND between English and Chinese and st...This thesis,under the framework of cognitive linguistics and by applying Lakoff and Johnson's conceptual metaphor theory,is undertaken to make a comparison of HEAD,HEART and HAND between English and Chinese and study the similarities as well as differences and the causes for this.The SPSS and Chi-square Test are used to illustrate the conclusions.展开更多
English metaphorical idiom expressions are usually incredibly difficult for English learners to acquire because they are stored in long-term memory and specified with regard to their semantic and syntactic structure a...English metaphorical idiom expressions are usually incredibly difficult for English learners to acquire because they are stored in long-term memory and specified with regard to their semantic and syntactic structure as well as their pragmatic applicability. Although English idioms are hard to master, some English learners can acquire them as well as native speakers.There must be some efficient approaches in their process of acquiring. This paper tries to study whether the background information of English metaphorical idioms has crucial function or not in the process of language internalization through a series of empirical studies and interviews. It also tries to promote some strategies and suggestions on acquiring metaphorical idioms by contrasting test results from different target groups.展开更多
文摘According to Lakoff et al, metaphor is the main mechanism through which we comprehend abstract concepts and perform abstract reasoning. As a great poet, Robert Frost realized the cognitive functions of metaphors and used them frequently and skillfully in his poetry. By doing so, he was able to convey abstract and philosophical reflections through simple language and enrich the theme of his poetry. This thesis conducts a survey of the definitions of metaphors and makes an analysis of the metaphors employed by Frost in his poetry, trying to answer two questions: 1) How does the use of metaphor help to convey the poet's abstract and profound philosophical reflections? 2) How does the use of metaphor help to enrich the themes of Frost's poetry?
文摘This thesis,under the framework of cognitive linguistics and by applying Lakoff and Johnson's conceptual metaphor theory,is undertaken to make a comparison of HEAD,HEART and HAND between English and Chinese and study the similarities as well as differences and the causes for this.The SPSS and Chi-square Test are used to illustrate the conclusions.
文摘English metaphorical idiom expressions are usually incredibly difficult for English learners to acquire because they are stored in long-term memory and specified with regard to their semantic and syntactic structure as well as their pragmatic applicability. Although English idioms are hard to master, some English learners can acquire them as well as native speakers.There must be some efficient approaches in their process of acquiring. This paper tries to study whether the background information of English metaphorical idioms has crucial function or not in the process of language internalization through a series of empirical studies and interviews. It also tries to promote some strategies and suggestions on acquiring metaphorical idioms by contrasting test results from different target groups.
