On the Types of Chinese Phonetic Metaphors and Related Issues
In order to promote and deepen the flourishing studies on phonetic metaphor and phonetic me-tonymy,this paper reviews comprehensively the types of Chinese phonetic metaphors based on an in-depth investi-gation,and points out that there are as many as eight types,namely,the phonetic metaphor as a unique type;the phonetic metonymy as a unique type;the comination of the phonetic metaphor and metonymy;the combination of the phonetic metonymy and the conceptual metaphor;the combination of the phonetic metonymy and the concep-tual metonymy;the combination of action metaphors and phonetic metaphors;the combination of action metaphors and the speech metonymy;as well as the combination of the action metonymy and the speech metonymy.Mean-while,the paper discusses the two prominent issues manifested in recent years,that is,the qualitative classifica-tion of harmonic metaphors and the distinction between"the harmonic part"and"the tenor"in harmonic meta-phors;while the harmony and the tenor in the homophonic metaphor are not of the relationship between the origin and the destination,the invariable and the variable,the exterior and the interior,but the relationship between means and ends.
Chinese phonetic metaphorseight typesthe qualitative classification of homophonic metaphorsthe distinction and identification of the harmonic part and the tenor
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