隐喻和明喻异质论的认知解读——以相似性特征为研究视角  

A Cognitive Approach to the Heterogeneity View of Metaphor and Simile——From a Perspective of Similarity Nature

作　　者：龚玉苗[1] 

机构地区：[1]淮海工学院国际学院,江苏连云港222005

出　　处：《外语教学》2013年第1期37-41,共5页Foreign Language Education

基　　金：国家社科基金项目"隐喻性范畴化的实现机制研究"(项目编号:10BYY002);江苏省高等教育教改课题"大学英语听说领先教学原则之实践意义研究(2011JSJG476);江苏省高校外语教学研究会"基于关系范畴的大学生隐喻认知能力培养模式研究"(JS-GXWY2012-09)";淮海工学院高教课题"当前本二层次理工科院校大学英语课程的学科定位"(GJ2011-36);淮海工学院社科课题"隐喻和明喻异质论的心理语言学研究(KA11163)的阶段性成果

摘　　要：本研究采用句法倾向性评定任务考察本体和喻体之间的相似性特征对比喻的表达句法形式的影响效应。调查采取单因素被试内设计,自变量是相似性特征,因变量是句法倾向性评定分数。结果表明,具有关系相似性的词对较倾向于通过隐喻形式表达,具有表面相似性的词对更倾向于通过明喻形式表达。本研究从相似性特征的角度对隐喻区别于明喻的认知机制进行了解读,为隐喻和明喻的差异论提供了实证佐证;调查结果可以通过关系范畴理论框架下的结构相似理论进行解释。Through a ＂Grammatical Form Preference Rating＂ task, this paper investigates the influence of types of similarity between the topic and the vehicle on the preference of the use of the two tropes metaphor or simile. A simple-variable within-subject design has been adopted. The types of similarity are manipulated as the independent variable; and the rating scores are recorded as the dependent variable. The results show that the topic-vehicle pairs conveying relational similarity are preferably used in the metaphor form; whereas the ones conveying attributive similarity are preferred in the simile form. The study offers some explanations for the difference between metaphor and simile from the perspective of similarity type, thus pro- viding some empirical evidence supporting the view that metaphor and simile are qualitatively different. The findings revealed in this study can be tentatively accounted for through the concept of relational similarity in the theoretical framework of relation- al category.

关 键 词：隐喻 明喻 相似性 关系相似性 

分 类 号：H030[语言文字—语言学]