隐喻与思维中的时空概念表达  

Metaphor and Transformation of Temporal-spatial Conception in Mind

作　　者：张嘉瑶[1] 

机构地区：[1]西安外国语大学商学院,西安710128

出　　处：《渭南师范学院学报》2013年第8期116-120,共5页Journal of Weinan Normal University

基　　金：西安外国语大学科研基金青年项目(12XWC08)

摘　　要：隐喻不只存在于日常的语言交流中,同时也表现在思维和行动上。当人们在表达抽象事物时,大脑会借用具体事物产生隐喻性思考,从而达到理解抽象事物的目的。隐喻的功能就是用一种熟悉的事物或想法来表述另一种相对陌生的抽象事物或想法。人们使用隐喻性语言来表达抽象思维,但不同语种对于同种抽象事物会产生完全不同的表达方式,这突出表现在思维中时间与空间的概念转化上。不同的语言在思维中对时间概念的表达是对等的,而对空间概念的表达并不是对等的。In our daily life, metaphor not only exits in language communication, but also in minds and action. When people try to express an abstract thing, the brain would come into being of metaphorical thinking by borrowing specific thing to understand it. The function of metaphor is to express abstract thing or thought by using familiar thing or thought. People use metaphorical language to express abstract thought, however, in different language, same abstract thing may be expressed differently, such as the transfor- mation of temporal-spatial conception in mind. In different language, the expression of temporal conception is equal, but the expres- sion of spatial conception is not equal.

关 键 词：思维 隐喻 时间 空间 概念表达 

分 类 号：H313[语言文字—英语]