英语习语中隐喻的解释

论文摘要

本文从隐喻与习语的认知角度分析了隐喻在英语中的解释。加深了隐喻作为认知模式的理解,同时使语言使用者更容易掌握习语的语义。通过大量的分析,我们得到以下结论:英语习语是可分解并有语义理据的;每种隐喻都对英语习语有认知性解释;结构隐喻的系统性突出体现在英语习语的解释中;方位隐喻的源域到数量、社会等级、时间、状态四种目的域的映射在英语习语的解释中起到了至关重要的作用;本体隐喻中本体的系统性揭示出英语习语的系统性;容器隐喻(无论此容器带有清晰界限或是含混界限)也对英语习语的理解起到了理据性作用。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Review of Metaphor
• 2.1 Metaphor Conception
• 2.1.1 Definition and Classification of Metaphor
• 2.1.2 Mapping Theory
• 2.1.3 Systematicity of Metaphor
• 2.2 Metaphor Study
• 2.2.1 The Rhetoric Study of Metaphor
• 2.2.2 The Semantic Study of Metaphor
• 2.2.3 The Grammatical Study of Metaphor
• 2.2.4 The Pragmatic Study of Metaphor
• 2.2.5 The Cognitive Study of Metaphor
• Chapter 3 The Interpretation of Metaphors in English Idioms
• 3.1 Views on English Idioms
• 3.1.1 Definition and Classification of English Idioms
• 3.1.2 Non-compositonality and Compositionality of English Idioms
• 3.1.3 Study of English Idioms
• 3.2 The Interpretation of Structure Metaphors in English Idioms
• 3.2.1 Internal Systematicity among Derivative Metaphors of the Same Root Metaphor in English Idioms
• 3.2.2 External Systematicity among Root Metaphors in English Idioms
• 3.3 The Interpretation of Orientational Metaphors in English Idioms
• 3.3.1 Mapping from Orientational Domain onto Quantity Domain
• 3.3.2 Mapping from Orientational Domain onto Society Hierarchy Domain
• 3.3.3 Mapping from Orientational Domain onto Time Domain
• 3.3.4 Mapping from Orientational Domain onto State Domain
• 3.4 The Interpretation of Ontological Metaphors in English Idioms
• 3.4.1 The Tenor Appearing in English Idioms
• 3.4.2 The Tenor Not Appearing in English Idioms
• 3.5 The Interpretation of Container Metaphors in English Idioms
• 3.5.1 Tenors are Containers with Clear Boundaries
• 3.5.2 Tenors are Containers with Obscure or Abstract Boundaries
• Chapter 4 Conclusion
• Works Cited
• 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果