隐喻是认知语言学中的一个重要概念,它不仅是一种语言修辞手段,更是一种思维模式和认知方式。作为一种重要认知方式,它有效地解释了一词多义现象产生的原因。本文尝试从认知角度用隐喻机制分析“软硬”这一常用反义词的各个义项之间的联系以及产生和变化机制。 Metaphor is an important concept in cognitive linguistics. It is not only a linguistic rhetorical device, but also a way of thinking and cognition. As an important cognitive method, it effectively explains the reason for the occurrence of polysemy. This paper tries to use the metaphorical mechanism to analyze the connection between the various meanings of the commonly used antonyms “hard and soft ” and the mechanism of production and change from the perspective of cognition.