摘要本论文将以Lakoff的概念隐喻为理论,在对比传统和认知隐喻的区别的基础上，深入探究习语中的概念隐喻分类、内涵及其语用意义。通过辨认习语中的方位隐喻、本体隐喻和结构隐喻，研究其多种内涵、特征及表现，认识和把握习语中的本质，从而提高学习者的认知能力,语言思文能力及交际能力,使自己具备发觉习语概念隐喻的能力，激发学习习语的兴趣和创造性活用习语的能力。
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Title Conceptual Metaphors in English Idioms
Abstract Focused on the concept of metaphor by Lakoff and based on the differences between traditional and cognitive metaphor, this paper probes the classification, connotation and pragmatic meaning of conceptual metaphor in English idioms. By recognizing the orientational metaphor, ontological metaphor and structural metaphor, it studies the variety of connotation, characteristics and performance to better understand and grasp the essence of idioms. This paper is expected to improve learners' ability of cognitiveness, language thinking and communication, which will eventually help us find metaphor in idioms, stimulate the interest to learn phrase language and to use idioms with creativity.
Keywords conceptual metaphor English idioms cognitive competence
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.. ...1
1.1 The Purpose of the Thesis 1
1.2 The Structure of the Thesis...1
2 Review of English Idioms.2
2.1 Definition of Idioms.2
2.2 Classification of Idioms3
2.3 Views on Idioms4
2.3.1 Traditional View on Idioms4
2.3.2 Cognitive View on Idioms.5
3 Conceptual Metaphor Theory5
3.1 Definition of Conceptual Metaphor.5
3.2 Classification of Conceptual Metaphor................6
3.2.1 Orientational Metaphor6
3.2.2 Ontological Metaphor6
3.2.3 Structural Metaphor...............6
4 Conceptual Metaphors in English Idioms6
4.1 Orientational Metaphor in English Idioms6
4.2 Ontological Metaphor in English Idioms7
4.3 Structual Metaphor in English Idioms..9
Conclusion...11
Acknowledgements.12
Bibliography13
1 Introduction
1.1 The Purpose of the Thesis
As early as 2000 years ago, metaphor as linguistic phenomena was well noticed by scholars. Traditionally, metaphor is viewed as a matter of language, a set of extraordinary or figurative expressions whose meaning is confined to some set of literal propositions. In the past few decades, however, the situation has undergone a radical change. The interest in metaphor has grown rapidly in a broad range of disciplines. And this change is observed as metaphormania. Metaphor has already moved from a subsidiary subject to a central problem. In the 1980s, metaphor became an important topic in cognitive science.
In 1980, Lakoff and Johnson(1980) published the book Metaphor We Live By. It was a turning point in metaphor study, because since then, metaphor study has a new perspective, that is cognitive perspective. The theory claims that metaphor is not only a rhetoric method, but more concerns with human cognitive mechanism. The scholars regard metaphor as conceptual mapping across the cognitive domains. Metaphor is very universal in human cognition and exists in all linguistic types.
There exist a large number of metaphors in English idioms, which reflect the Anglo-American tradition of folk values, world value, the folk custom, religion, national culture, psychology and so on, so the study of the metaphorical phrase has important practical value. Except a few literal meaning and practical meaning completely consistent with idioms, most of the idiom cannot be directly understood from literal sense, so we need to use the mode of cognitive metaphor to understand the true meaning. 基于Lakoff概念隐喻的英语习语研究:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_5175.html