A Contrastive Study of Flower Metaphor in English and Chinese30

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1、题目：英汉花隐喻对比研究AContrastiveStudyofFlowerMetaphorinEnglishandChinese摘　要【摘要】本研究从认知语言学的角度，运用概念隐喻理论对英汉两种语言中关于植物中花的隐喻的表达进行了系统的比较研究。通过列举中英两种丰富的语料，比较出花隐喻在英汉中的异同点。它们的共性是基于花的外在特征和生长习惯，所以人们都趋向于用花来描述特定的人群或者表达人物的特征。但是由于地域文化的差别，又表现出一定的不同点，中国人喜好以花赞扬人物的品质或以花命名，而英语国家则多用花代指神。本文研究的结果为植

2、物隐喻领域提供了些许补充，但还需专家进一步研究。【关键词】花隐喻；认知角度；英汉对比。AContrastiveStudyofFlowerMetaphorinEnglishandChineseAbstract【ABSTRACT】Thisthesismakesarelativelycompletestudyofflowermetaphorswithinthecognitivelinguistics.ItisasystematicalresearchbasedontheConceptualMetaphorTheory.Having

3、listedabundantdatabothinChineseandEnglish,thisthesismakesacomparisonofflowermetaphoraboutthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinese.Peoplehavethetendencyofdescribingcommonfeaturesofaspeciesofpeoplewithflowersbasedontheirexteriorfeaturesorgrowinghabits.An

4、dalsolargenumbersofflowermetaphorsofthetypeareusedtodescribethefeaturesofaspeciesofpeople.However,duetogeographicalandculturaldifferences,itshowssomedifferences;theChinesepeoplepreferconceptualizinghumancharactersandmoralitiesorusingflowersasnames,whiletheEnglish-s

5、peakingcountriesuseflowerstodenotegodsandgoddesses.Theresultsofthisthesismakesomecontributiontotheresearchofflowermetaphorandsupplementthestudyofflowermetaphor,butfurtherstudyisstillneeded.【KEYWORDS】flowermetaphor；cognitive；contrastivestudyinEnglishandChinese。19Con

6、tents1Introduction11.1Motivationofthethesis11.2Aimofthethesis11.3Methodology,organizationanddatacollectionofthethesis22Literaturereview32.1Definitionsofmetaphor32.2TheintroductionofwesternConceptualMetaphorTheoryintoChina32.3Limitationofthepresentstudiesofmetaphor4

7、2.4Previousstudiesonmetaphorsofplant,especiallyflower43Theoreticalbasis63.1Conceptualmetaphortheory63.1.1Workingmechanismofconceptualmetaphor63.2Cognitivenatureofmetaphor73.3Cognitivefunctionsofmetaphor73.3.1Animportantmeansofunderstandingtheworld73.3.2Anessentialw

8、ayofconceptualizingexperience83.3.3Acognitivetoolincreatingnewmeaning84FlowermetaphorsinEnglishandChinese104.1Cognitionofflowermetaphorization104