英文股市新闻中概念隐喻的认知研究

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1、ACognitiveStudyonConceptualMetaphors—inEnglishStockNewsABSTRACTThispapermakesaresearchonthecognitivemechanismofconceptualmetaphorsinEnglishstocknews，aimingtoanswertwoquestions．(1)WhatisthecognitivemechanismoftheconceptualmetaphorsinEnglishstocknews?(2)Whatcharacteristicsofstockmarketsa坞reflect

2、edbytheircognitivemechanism．'?ThirtypiecesofstocknewsinstockcolumninTheWallStreetJournalarecollectedasdata．UnderthemetaphoridentificationstandardbyPragglejazGroupthat“ifcontextualandbasicmeaningsaleincontrasttoeachotherbutstillrelatedbYsimilarity,thelexicalunitwillbeclassifiedasametaphoricalex

3、pression'’，wefound978stock-relativemetaphorsintotal．UndertheConceptualMetaphorTheoryandtheConceptualIntegrationTheory,weinvestigatedthecognitivemechanismofthesestock-relativeconceptualmetaphorsfromsourcedomain,targetdomainandtheinteractivemappingbetweensourcedomainandtargetdomain．Thecharacteri

4、sticsofstockmarketsarerevealed,basedonthesourcedomainsofdifferentstock—relativeconceptualmetaphors．Thestudyfindsthatthecognitivemechanismofconceptualmetaphorsinstocknewsissingle—scopemappingnetworkbetweensourcedomainandtargetdomain．Undertheinfluenceofthetargetdomain(thestockmarket，thestock,the

5、stockpriceandthestockindex)andaccordingtotheTargetDomainOvemdesandtheInvariancePrinciple，peopleunderstandtheabstractstock-relativenotionsthroughthecross—domainmappingfromthefamiliarandconcretesourcedomain(physicalmovement,War,humanbeingandcontainer)．Themappinggoesfirstfromentitytoentity,thenfr

6、omrelationshiptorelationship，andlastlyfromfeaturetofeature．Thestudyalsofindsthatthecognitivemechanismofconceptualmetaphors,especiallythecharacteristicsofs01．iroedomains，revealdifferentcharacteristicsofstockmarkets．PhysicalMovementMetaphorsreflectthefluctuationofstockmarkets；Ⅵ协Metaphorsreflectt

7、hefiercecompetitionofstockmarkets；HumanBeingMetaphorsreflectthediversityofstockmarketsandContainerMetaphorsreflecttheholdingcapacityandfluidityofstockmarkets．KEYWORDS：stocknews；conceptualmetaphors；cognitivemechanism；characteristicsofsto