基于《時代周刊》商業(yè)專欄中隱喻的認知研究.pdf

1、華中科技大學碩士學位論文基于《時代周刊》商業(yè)專欄中隱喻的認知研究姓名：夏萌申請學位級別：碩士專業(yè)：外國語言學及應用語言學指導教師：許明武20060415華中科技大學碩士學位論文華中科技大學碩士學位論文IAbstractMetaphhaslongarousedinterestsfromvariousdisciplinessuchasliteraturelinguisticsphilosophypsychology.Thereareanum

2、beroftheiesonmetaphfrom“ComparisonThey”to“SubstitutionThey”from“InteractionThey”toConceptualMetaphs.Thetraditionalviewincludingthesemanticapproachesthepragmaticonesconsidersmetaphasmerelyaliterarymatterarheticaldeviceaco

3、mpressedsimiletherefeannamentoflanguage.Howevermemestudyshowsthatmetaphisnotonlyalinguisticphenomenonadecationoflanguage.Itisalsorelatedtohumancognitionanincreasingnumberofscholarsbegantoexaminemetaphfromacognitiveviewsu

4、chasI.A.RidLakoffJohnson.Afterreviewingvarioustheiesonmetaphcomparingtheadvantagesdisadvantagesofthemthispaperadoptsacognitiveapproachtowardsmetaphconductedanempiricalstudyinthediscourseofbusinessnews.Theauthenticexample

5、sarealltakenfromthelatestissuesofTIMEmagazinewhichcoverawiderangeofareasallthewayfromhightechcomputerindustryconsumerproductsentertainmentetc.Afterthemanualidentificationeightkeyconceptualmetaphsareclassifiedaccdingtothe

6、differentsourcedomainsofmetaphs.Theyarethemetaphsofhumanmetaphsofnaturemetaphsofdailythingsmetaphsofwarmetaphsofspacemetaphsofbuildingcontainermetaphsofgamemetaphsofreligion.Itshowsthatthereisanabundanceofmetaphsinbusine

7、ssnewsdiscourse.Themetaphicalbasesareanalyzedinthefashionofcognitivelinguistics.Itisfoundthatmetaphiscentraltothebusinessnewshasaroleinmakingreadersfullycomprehendthediscourse.Metaphsprovideinsightsintoourwaysofthinking.

8、Familiaritywithmetaphsthroughwithabstractprocessesconceptsareconceptualizedwillalsohelpreaderslearnersteachersdevelopstylisticawarenessofbusinessnews.Howeverthisresearchisjustaqualitativeoneitwouldbeofmevalidityifitgoesh