the metaphor in the changing place

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1、ThemetaphorintheChangingPlace　　Abstract：ThispaperattemptstousesomebasicprinciplesinthemodernmetaphortheoryinthecognitivetheorytoanalyzetheChangingPlace，whichisoneoftherepresentativesofDavidLodge’sacademicfictions，sothatitcanhelptohaveabetterunderstan

2、dingofthemetaphorusedinthisfiction.　　Keywords：Metaphor，languageuseinfiction，ChangingPlace　　1.Introduction　　AccordingtothedefinitionmadebyLakoffandTurner，eachfictionalstorycanbeseenasanextensionoftherhetoricaldevices，sothatwecanunderstandourinnerlifet

3、hroughthenarrationoftheoutsideworld.Becausetheliteralmeaningisnolongerpowerfulenoughfortheauthortoexpresshismind，hechoosesthefigurativeuseoflanguage，whichreferstolanguageusedinafigurativewayforarhetoricalpurpose.DavidLodge’swritingskillsarepermeatedw

4、ithhisowntheories.Hemakesfulluseofmetaphoronthebasisofthemodernlinguistictheory.TaketheChangingPlaceasexample，thefictioncouldberegardedasametaphorasawhole，whichismadeofplotsandcharacters.Therefore，wecouldsearchfortheexactmetaphoricalmeaningoftheficti

5、onandthe5metaphoricalusethroughwhatDavidLodgeshows.　　2.MetaphoricallanguageusedinChangingPlaces　　2.1Metaphorinthenovel　　ThemotifofquestinChangingPlacesasatexturaldeviceisdevelopedbytheexchangeprogramwhichsetsthestoryinmotion.“ThefacultyexchangesofMor

6、risZappandPhilipSwallowsetsoffachainofcomplicationthataddressmostofthepracticaldilemmasofmodernexistence.”InChangingPlaces，theauthoruseshumanbeingastenorandculturalsystemasvehicleinthemetaphoricallanguage.Thenovelisalsomadeinthecontrastbetweenthetwop

7、rotagonistswhichisaswellsymbolicofthatbetweenBritishandAmericanculturesandculturalsystems.　　Thedifferentcharactersofthetwomenresultintheirdiscoveriesofdifferentself-identities.ToMorrisZapp，Englandisgloomy，poor，shabbyandboring，linkedtowelfaresolidarit

8、yandunawareofthepoweroffreeenterprise，butheisverymuchimpressedbythefamilybonds，thewarmthofhumanrelationshipsandthesurvivalofmoralscruple.WhatPhilipSwallowdiscoversatfirstglanceintheUnitedStatesisthattheAmericansarebetteroffbutnothavingabetterlifethan