隐喻是人类思维和感知的重要方式,存在于人们日常生活的各个领域。人们对隐喻的理解主要来自人类共同的体验和感知。而在人类各种情感体验中,爱情具有特殊和重要的地位,爱情是一切情感中最普遍的不可或缺的一部分。在此,将从认知语言学的角度对英汉两种语言中的爱情隐喻进行对比研究,并进一步阐述产生其异同之处的文化理据。 Metaphor is an important way of human thinking and perception, and exists in all fields of daily life. People’s understanding of metaphor mainly comes from the common experience and perception of human beings. Love is of special and important importance in all kinds of emotional experiences of mankind. Love is the most universal and indispensable part of all emotions. Here, we will make a comparative study of love metaphors in English and Chinese from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, and further elaborate the cultural motivations that produce similarities and differences.