论隐喻的模糊性  

Rethinking Metaphorical Vagueness

作　　者：周运会[1] 

机构地区：[1]福建师范大学外国语学院,福建福州350007

出　　处：《外国语言文学》2013年第4期258-264,286,共7页Foreign Language and Literature Studies

摘　　要：隐喻作为一种语言形式和认知方式,都存在着模糊性。以往的研究从不同的角度论及隐喻的模糊性,但对这一问题缺乏充分而全面的论述。有鉴于此,本文尝试从三个层次对隐喻的模糊性进行全面的探讨:①隐喻作为一个范畴,其成员的地位不平等,边缘具有模糊性。②隐喻所表达的语义具有模糊性。③隐喻是一种模糊的认知方式。本文通过分析不同层次的隐喻模糊性,力图清晰地呈现隐喻模糊性的立体形象,以期有助于隐喻和模糊语言的研究。Vagueness is pervasive in both linguistic and cognitive metaphors. Although many researches have been conducted to address this problem from different perspectives,none of them is thorough enough to offer a comprehensive understanding of the issue. This paper subjects metaphorical vagueness to a detailed analysis and comes to three conclusions: 1) metaphor is a fuzzy category with members of unequal status; 2) metaphorical meaning is always vague; 3) metaphor functions as a fuzzy mode of cognition. In drawing these conclusions,the paper calls attention to the multi- dimensional character of metaphor's vagueness.

关 键 词：隐喻 范畴 认知 模糊性 

分 类 号：H05[语言文字—语言学]