A Study on the Cognitive Mechanism of Chinese English Verb Metaphors Based on Corpus
Metaphor is a widely existing phenomenon in language.Verb metaphor,as an important type,has rich semantic and cognitive connotations.Based on a bilingual corpus of Chinese and English,this article,by using cognitive linguistics research methods,deeply explores the cognitive mechanisms of verb metaphors in Chinese and English.It is found that the cognitive mechanisms of verb metaphors in Chinese and English share commonalities with some differences at the same time.Therefore,there is a need to construct language communication and teaching strategies based on differences.
corpusChinese English verb metaphorscognitive mechanismsconceptual metaphor
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