A Comparative Study on the Metaphors in Chinese and English Love Proverbs
Abstract
Metaphor is traditionally viewed as a particular rhetoric device. However, it is not enough just to study it as a rhetoric means or a linguistic phenomenon, for metaphor, as an important means of man’s thinking, is involved in human cognitive process. Proverb, as an important part of linguistic, has rich cultural e are many differences between Chinese and English in cultural experiences, social customs, life style, thinking way and so d on the comparative study between English and Chinese, this research reinforces some theories of metaphor: the cognitive nature of metaphor, working mechanism of metaphor. This thesis analyzes the commonalities and differences of metaphors in love proverbs between English and Chinese through comparative study on metaphors in English and Chinese love proverbs. Moreover, this thesis researches the causes of differences of metaphors in love proverbs between English and Chinese from a cultural perspective. That is to say, the causes are related to different cultural experiences, classified as origin of civilization, economic pattern and eating and drinking custom in English and Chinese.
Key Words: metaphor; love proverb; cognition; cultural difference
摘 要
隱喻歷來被認為是1種特殊的修辭手段。如今隱喻研究已超越語言本身的範圍，人們開始從認知的角度來研究隱喻的本質。諺語是語言不可分割的1部分，具有極豐富的文化底蘊。中西方在不同的文化背景下，民族傳統、生活方式以及思維方式等都有著諸多差異。本文采用對比分析的方法並藉助於現代隱喻理論，如：隱喻的`本質、隱喻的功能機制，著重於英漢愛情諺語的隱喻內涵，分析其相同點和不同點並主要從文化角度來分析英漢愛情諺語隱喻異同的原因。本文指出不同文化背景、經濟模式、生活習慣導致英漢愛情諺語的差異，同樣影響了英漢愛情諺語的形成及其發展。
關鍵詞:隱喻、愛情諺語、認知、文化差異、對比研究
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