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1、DistinguishingMetaphors外语学院2001级研究生李秀霞IntroductionMetaphor,asasubjectofresearch,hasenjoyedgreatpopularityamongphilosophers,stylistsandlinguistsinancienttimesaswellasinmoderndays.Differentapproacheshavebeentakentoexploreintothenatureofmetaphorandaccordinglyvaryingresultsemergethroughresearcher
2、s’constantefforts.Thispaper,thoughoflittlelength,isaventuretotakeasnapshotatthedevelopmentsofmetaphorstudyoverhistoryandfourapproaches,i.e.rhetorical,poetic,cognitiveandgrammatical,aretakenintoaccountinthispapertoprovideaninterfacethatlinksmetaphorinHallidayansensewithmetaphorsfromalternative
3、perspectives.ArhetoricalperspectiveTherhetorical,alsocalledtheclassicalviewsinceitcanbetracedbacktoAristotle’swritingsaboutmetaphorportraysmetaphorasadeparturefromnormallanguage,effectingadecorationtoplainlanguageineverydayuseandanunexpectedaestheticbeautytowritings.Inthisrespecttheaudienceis
4、requiredofspecialcapacitytointerpretthemetaphoricalitems.Studyofmetaphorinviewofrhetoriccontinueditswaythroughthelonghistory,andtodayitisstillapuzzlingsubjectinmodernrhetoricandstylistics.Inaddition,thisapproach,givenitsdeep-rootedinfluenceoverthepasttwothousandyearsormore,maybethemostpopular
5、amongnon-researcherssincemetaphor,asitwere,hasbeentraditionallyviewedasafigureofspeechinvolvingameaningtransferencefromaword’sliteralmeaninginrhetoricaltheory,andsoisdefinedinmostdictionaries.Thismodel,however,isoutofvogueamongtoday’slinguistsandotherresearchersaswell.Moreandmoreeffortisspare
6、dtoexaminetheroleplayedbymetaphorfromdifferentperspectivessuchaslinguistics,psychology,philosophyandotherdisciplines.ApoeticperspectivePoetryhasalwaysoccupiedagreatpositionineveryculture,andmetaphorisconsideredasthemostimportantelementinpoeticproductionandissaidtohavereacheditsmostsophisticat
7、edformsinliteraryorpoeticlanguage.WhatAristotlewastalkingaboutinhisPoeticsaboutmetaphoractuallyreferstotheroleofmetaphorinwrittenlanguage,includingpoetry,butthatdoesnotbelongtowhatwecallpoeticperspectivehere.Thepoeticapproachtometaphor,oftenc
