A Contrastive Study of Body Metaphors in English and Chinese

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作者：
Wei, Lan [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chongqing Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Foreign Languages, Chongqing 401331, Peoples R China
来源：
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION, COMPUTER AND EDUCATION ENGINEERING (ICICEE 2017) | 2017年
关键词：
body metaphor; body part terms; conceptual metaphor;
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中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
This paper summarizes similarities and differences of body metaphors in English and Chinese in the hope of having a better understanding of body metaphor. Similarities are found as follows: (1) Similar modes of metaphorization (2) Similar semantic features (3) Similar foundation of metaphorization (4) Similar motivation of word-making. Differences are: (1) In English and Chinese, some body metaphors have the same source domain but a different target domain. (2) There exist evident asymmetry in body metaphor between English and Chinese. (3) There are differences in the degree and breadth of body part metaphorization in English and Chinese.
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页码：137 / 142
页数：6
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