Unit 8-semantic transfer内容资料.pptVIP

Review ;Review;Chapter 8 Semantic Transfer; We have discussed four tendencies in semantic change: generalization (extension) and specialization (narrowing) of denotative meaning, elevation and degeneration of connotative meaning. Another semantic change is changes from literal meaning to figurative sense. That is to say, people always use figures of speech to express this kind of semantic changes.;Metaphor (隐喻） Metonymy（借代） Synecdoche（提喻） Euphemism （委婉语）;He looks like his brother. ? He and his brother are as like as two peas.? The simile may be expressed by the use of the connecting wor