非常规隐喻在文学文体和应用文体中数量不相等的认知研究-外国语言学与应用语言学专业论文.docxVIP

A COGNITIVE STUDY OF THE MOTIVATIONS FOR THE UNQAUL NUMBERS OF NON-CONVENTIONAL METAPHORS IN LITERARY WRITING AND PRACTICAL WRITING A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of MASTER OF ARTS from Shandong University of Science and Technology By Guo Xinjian Supervisor: Professor Peng Jianwu College of Foreign Languages May 2008 声 明 本人呈交给山东科技大学的这篇硕士学位论文，除了所列参考文献和世所 公认的文献外，全部是本人在导师指导下的研究成果。该论文资料尚没有呈交 于其它任何学术机关作鉴定。 硕士生签名： 日 期： AFFIRMATION I declare that this dissertation, submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy in Shandong University of Science and Technology, is wholly my own work unless referenced of acknowledge. The document has not been submitted for qualification at any other academic institute. Signature: Date: 山东科技大学硕士学位论文 山东科技大学硕士学位论文 摘要 ABSTRACT This paper is devoted to investigating the cognitive motivations behind non-conventional metaphors in literary writing and practical writing. First, it discusses systematically the differences between conventional metaphor and non-conventional metaphor and come up with their definitions. Then it introduces a survey conducted by scholars at home and abroad to reveal the fact that the number of non-conventional metaphors in literary writing is much larger than that in practical writing. As for the cognitive motivations for non-conventional metaphors in literary writing, the traditional rhetoric explanation is that metaphor is a figure of speech. This paper tries to explain this phenomenon from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. It takes advantage of Conceptual Blending Theory (here after CB) to explore the causes from the angles of heterometaphoricity, communication efficiency requirements, different described subjects and different writing purposes. Of course, the Conceptual Blending Theory is not employed directly here. The paper takes a close look at the development of this theory in China. It summarizes and compares the improvem