文化图式理论视角下的汉语文化对英语比喻认知障碍探析  

Obstacles of Chinese Culture to English Metaphors from the Perspective of Cultural Schema Theory

作　　者：刘起昂[1] 

机构地区：[1]浙江海洋学院外国语学院,浙江舟山316022

出　　处：《浙江海洋学院学报（人文科学版）》2015年第3期71-75,共5页Journal of Zhejiang Ocean University(Humane Science)

摘　　要：本文以文化图式理论为依据,试图分析汉语文化对英语比喻的认知障碍。调查的结果显示,汉语的文化图式对三种不同类型的英语比喻,存在不同程度的认知障碍。当中英文化内涵不同、语言表达也不同时,学生对英语比喻的认知障碍最大,其次是对文化内涵相同、语言表达不同的英语比喻。当文化内涵相同、语言表达相似或相同时,学生对英语比喻的认知障碍较小。文章最后提出了两个消除认知障碍的有效策略。This paper is based on the cultural schema theory. It aimed to find out how Chinese culture hampered cognition of English metaphors. A survey was carried out to test it. The results showed that people＇s existing cultural schema functioned a lot in their cognitive process of English metaphors. Obstacles became greater when their existing cultural schema couldn＇t be activated. Some suggestions are presented.

关 键 词：汉语文化 英语比喻 文化图式 

分 类 号：H315[语言文字—英语]