引言美国的政治漫画具有悠久的历史,最早可以追溯到本杰明·弗兰克林在1754年所发表的呼吁要求美国各殖民地“要么加入联邦,要么死亡”(join or die)的漫画(图1)。此后,政治漫画成为反映时政的主要表现形式。本文探讨三大认知机制——概念隐喻(Lakoff & Johnson,1980)、概念合成(Fauconnier & Turner,2002),以及文化模式(Holland & Quinn,1987)在政治漫画寓意建构中的作 Introduction The American political cartoons have a long history dating back as far as Benjamin Franklin’s comic (see Figure 1), which called for the colony to “join or die” in 1754 (Figure 1) . Since then, political comics have become the main form of reflection of current politics. This article explores three major cognitive mechanisms - conceptual metaphors (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980), conceptual synthesis (Fauconnier & Turner, 2002), and cultural patterns (Holland & Quinn, 1987)