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千百年来,西方学者对隐喻的不懈探索已从早期的语言修辞领域跨越到了近代的哲学和美学领域。随着诸多流派众说纷纭、倡导多学科全方位的研究,隐喻理论的阐释呈现出百家争鸣和百花齐放的繁荣局面。“说不尽的隐喻”已是研究者的共识。但归根到底,隐喻最根本和最重要的问题集中在其思维方法和创意方面,因为两者对人类的语言、认识和经验有着最深刻的影响。本文试图就这两方面对英语中的隐喻展开深入的探讨。英语隐喻的特异功能众所周知,英语的语言表达力强在于其词汇丰富。现代英语的庞大词汇量虽然能使
For thousands of years, Western scholars’ unrelenting exploration of metaphor has spanned the field of early rhetoric to the field of philosophy and aesthetics in modern times. With many schools of different opinions advocating multidisciplinary and omni-directional research, the interpretation of metaphorical theories shows the prosperity of a hundred schools of thought and flourishing flowers. The “endless metaphor” is the consensus of researchers. But in the final analysis, the fundamental and most important issues of metaphor are concentrated in their thinking methods and creative aspects, since both have the most profound influence on human language, understanding and experience. This article attempts to explore the metaphors of English in these two aspects in depth. The Specific Function of English Metaphor As we all know, English language expression lies in its rich vocabulary. Although the huge vocabulary of modern English can make