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概念整合理论视域下的英语经济语篇中隐喻的认知研究.docx

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概念整合理论视域下的英语经济语篇中隐喻的认知研究 Introduction Metaphorsarepowerfullinguistictools,whichenableustocomprehendanddescribecomplexphenomenaandprocessesineconomicdiscourse.Metaphorsarenotsimplydecorativedevices;theyareembeddedintheveryfabricofthelanguage,reflectingthecognitiveprocessesthatliebeneathourunderstandingoftheworld.ThispaperwillinvestigatetheuseofmetaphorsinEnglisheconomicdiscoursefromtheperspectiveoftheConceptualIntegrationTheory(CIT).ThepaperwillfirstintroducetheCIT,followedbytheapplicationofthetheorytoeconomicmetaphors.Thepaperwillalsoprovideexamplesofeconomicmetaphorsanddiscusstheirimplications. TheConceptualIntegrationTheory ConceptualIntegrationTheory(CIT)proposesthattheunderstandingoflanguageandthoughtisbasedonintegratingvariousconceptsandelementsofinformationintoaunifiedcognitivestructure(Fauconnier&Turner,2002).Thetheoryemphasizestheimportanceoftheblendingprocess,inwhichdifferentelementsfromdiversedomains,orframes,arecombinedtocreatenewmeaning.Thisblendingprocessisnotsimplyamatteroflinkingframes;itisacomplexcognitiveactivitythatcreatesnovelmentalspaces,orblends,thatallowustounderstandandreasonaboutcomplexphenomena. CIThighlightstheroleofmetaphorsinblendingdifferentframesandcreatingnewmeaning.Metaphorsallowustouseourknowledgeofonedomaintounderstandanotherdomain,bymappingcorrespondencesbetweenthesourceandthetargetdomains.Suchmappingscanbeeitherconventionalorcreative,andtheyprovideuswithwaysofframingtheworldinnewways. MetaphorsinEconomicDiscourse Economicdiscourseisrepletewithmetaphors,whichenableustoconceptualizeanddescribecomplexfinancial,market,andbusinessprocesses.Economicmetaphorsaredeeplyentrenchedinthelanguage,andtheyreflecttheculturalandcognitiveprocessesthatunderlieourunderstandingoftheeconomy. Onecommonmetaphorineconomicdiscourseisthefinancialmarketasagame.Thismetaphoricalmappingdrawscorrespondencesbetweenthefinancialmarketandagame,highlightingthecompetitiveness,risk-taking,andstrategicdecision-makinginvolvedintradingandinvesting.Thismetaphoralsoimpliest