LiteratureReviewofStudiesonMetaphor分析和总结分析和总结.pdfVIP

Literature Review of Studies on Metaphor 【Abstract 】This paper provides an overview of major theories of metaphor and some brief comments.In this paper ， the studies of metaphor at home and abroad and some related researches are presented.Four influential metaphor theories （ the comparison theory ， the substitution theory ，the interaction theory as well as the theory of conceptual metaphor. ） will be introduced. 【Key words】literature review ； studies of metaphor ； metaphor theory 1.Introduction Metaphor is found in all languages because it is an important part of language and culture of society.Metaphor exists in both literature and everyday language pervasively.Traditionally it is considered as a figure of speech until the early twentieth century with the introduction of the interaction theory ，but with the publication of Metaphors We Live By in 1980，George Lakoff and Mark Johnson first developed the view that challenged all aspects of the powerful traditional view and the systematic approach.This view marks the establishment of the cognitive approach to metaphor.Metaphor has become a hot topic at home and abroad since then ，not only in linguistics ，but also in psychology ， philosophy ，sociology and many other fields.Metaphor has been studied from different angles ，including relevance theory which stands for one of the latest developments of cognitive researches. 2.Studies on Metaphor abroad There are four influential theories in the history of study of metaphor ，They are the comparison theory ，the substitution theory ，the interaction theory and the conceptual metaphor theory.According to Black （1993），these theories can be divided into two types ： the traditional theory and the contemporary theory.The comparison theory ，the substitution theory and the interaction theory belong to the traditional theory .They c