英漢通感的認知比較研究.pdf

1、湖南科技大學碩士學位論文英漢通感的認知比較研究姓名：蔣紅艷申請學位級別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學指導教師：周啟強20080605AbstractSynaesthesiaisgenerallyregardedasakindofrhetoricaldeviceItmeanstheuseofmetaphorinwhichtermsrelatingtoonekindofsenseimpressionareusedtodescribesense—i

2、mpressionsofotherkindsSincethepublicationofLakoff&Johnson’SMetaphorsWeLiveBy(1980)，manyscholarshaveretrospectedandcriticizedthetraditionaltheoryofrhetoric，andthecognitiveapproacheshavebeenintroducedintothestudyofsynaesth

3、eticmetaphorsHoweverwesternscholarsfocusontheEnglishlanguage，namelythattheirdataaredrawnfromasinglelanguageonmostoccasions，whileChinesescholarsmainlyprobeintothecognitiverulesofsynaestheticmetaphorsItisstillunknownwhethe

4、rtheirresearchresultsareuniversallysignificantindifferentlanguagesandculturesTherefore，thecognitiveapproachtosynaestheticmetaphorhasreachedapointwhereithastobesupportedbysoundevidenceprovidedbycross—culturalandCROSS1ingu

5、isticresearchBasedonthepreviousresearches，thisthesisattemptstoanalyzesynaesthesiainlightofLakoff＆Johnson’sConceptualMetaphorTheory(CMT)andregardsitasacognitivephenomenonbynatureMoreoveronthebasisoflinguisticdatacollected

6、fromliteraryworks，dictionariesandeverydaylanguage，thisthesisshowsacomparativestudybetweenEnglishandChineseSynaesthesiaFinallytheauthoranalyzestheapplicationsofsynaesthesiainthefieldsofadvertisements，teachingandtranslatio

7、nSynaesthesiaisacognitivephenomenonofhumanbeingsInessence，syaestheticmetaphoristhemappingbetweenoramongthefivesenses(hearing，vision，smell，tasteandtouch)Thiskindofmappingisbasicallyunidirectionalinthatitislikelytoinvolvep

8、rojectionfromlow—gradesenseorganstomoreadvancedsenseorgansBesides，suchmappingsarenotarbitrarybutaregroundedinthebodyandinoureverydayexperiencesandlanguageAbundantexamplesareprovidedshowingthatthere●arefarmoresimilarities

9、betweenEnglishandChinesesynaestheticmetaphorsthantherearedifferences，whichmainlyresultfromcognitiveuniversalityofhumanbeingsWhat’Smore，ourresearchfindsthatsynaesthesiaispervasiveinoursociallifeandweareoftenadoptingit，con

10、sciouslyorunconsciouslyTherefore，anindepthstudyofsynaesthesiafromacognitiveperspectiveisnotonlytheoreticallysignificant，butalsovaluableinpracticeKeywords：cognition；conceptualmetaphor；synaestheticmetaphor；comparison；appli