Tall Stories: The Metaphorical Nature of Everyday Talk

This article questions some popular cultural assumptions about the nature of everyday discourse. It claims that such discourse is in fact richly metaphorical and that, through the operation of metaphor, we fictionalise ourselves as we talk. Because literary writing has dominated our culture and curriculum, English teachers have not been encouraged to explore an aspect of language that is at the core of how we think and behave.     

试论现代汉语词语形象色彩的表现方法

词语形象色彩的形成要凭借一定的语言手段来完成,比喻法、借代法和说明法是三种主要表现方法,运用形象色彩词语可以增强语言的表现力。     

从隐喻的角度分析语篇的衔接与连贯

衔接是建立语篇连贯的重要手段,存在表层/显性的衔接方式和深层/隐性的衔接方式。文章基于当代隐喻的相关理论,探讨了语法隐喻和概念隐喻作为显性和隐性的衔接手段如何作用于语篇连贯性的生成与建立。     

Overcoming Obstacles to Preventive Conservation Projects in Italy: With a Case Study of the Savoy Carriage Collection of the Presidency of the Republic

ABSTRACT

Working on preventive conservation in Italy is difficult but not impossible. After small successes and setbacks convincing museums to adopt elements of preventive conservation in the 1990s, the first author (Rossi Doria) was contracted for 15 years to preserve the historic carriages and associated objects of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy. This required patience to overcome or circumvent obstacles such as an inflexible bureaucracy and the absence of any formal recognition of preventive conservation within the educational and contractual systems for heritage conservation. The key factors in his success were the support of the curators, the financial and planning autonomy of the Presidency, and the obvious need for conservation and preservation of these elegant and complex objects. The program began in 2001 with the recovery of the forgotten collection from inappropriate storage in several locations. The entire collection was surveyed and recorded, not only the carriages but also thousands of harnesses, saddles, clothing, fabrics, weapons and memorabilia. Multiple preventive and interventive actions were undertaken, such as pest eradication for all sensitive materials, environmental surveys, and everyday maintenance, as well as complex treatments for the ornate carriages. Analysis by country of published articles on preventive conservation and of IIC membership both confirm that the topic is not as well established in Italy as in many other countries. Some reasons and solutions are proposed.     

概念隐喻视域下探究英语笑话的生成

本文从系统功能的概念隐喻视域出发,通过实例分析,从及物性系统中的过程类型转换、环境成分转换、参与者转换来探讨英语笑话的生成,且分析得出,及物过程中各成分的不一致是大量英语笑话产生的主要原因,这不仅为英语笑话的研究提供了一个新的视角,而且也有助于英语习得者更好地掌握与应用英语语言,提高鉴赏英语笑话的能力。     

A Critical Metaphor Analysis of Political News Discourse-A Case Study of News Report about Iraq

Critical Metaphor Analysis is a new method of critical discourse analysis. It aims at revealing attitudes, believes, emo?tions and ideologies of a specific group by comprehensively adopting the knowled...     

论习语语义形成过程中的隐喻理据--从"面部"说起

体验主义认为,语言源于人们的生活体验,语言中的词汇通过隐喻的影射作用,获得新的语义。从身体的基本部位之一———"面孔"入手,运用认知语言学理论,结合实证的研究方法,可以证明自然语言中的大部分习语和普通词汇一样,其抽象语义也是通过隐喻的影射作用而获得的;在不同语言的习语中,隐喻在很大程度上具有共性。     

概念隐喻在股市报告中的应用

英汉股市报告中的隐喻实例,说明了Lakoff提出的事件结构隐喻的普遍性。同时,由于概念隐喻受不同文化背景、社会习俗的影响,呈现出一定的文化独特性。概念隐喻具有认知普遍性和文化相对性。     

隐喻理论与英语词汇教学

从认知规律出发，以认知心理学理论为基础，强调充分调动学习者的积极性、能动性和创造性。结合隐喻的本质及工作机制等特点，将其有效地运用到实际教学中去，提出运用隐喻方式教授英语多义词。     

论概念整合理论对隐喻理解的影响

概念整合是一种极其普遍的认知过程。它在自然语言的意义建构过程中起着至关重要的作用，对隐喻理解产生了重大的认知影响。概念整合一方面能使隐喻常规关系理解的过程实时化，另一方面能使隐喻的意义建构与推理层创结构化。