A Comparison between Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese and English Sayings of Life

ZHANG Rui

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ZHANG Rui. A Comparison between Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese and English Sayings of Life[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2012, 28(2): 42-50.

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ZHANG Rui. A Comparison between Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese and English Sayings of Life[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2012, 28(2): 42-50.

ZHANG Rui. A Comparison between Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese and English Sayings of Life[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2012, 28(2): 42-50.

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A Comparison between Conceptual Metaphors in Chinese and English Sayings of Life

ZHANG Rui

PLA International Studies University, Nanjing 210039, China

Received Date: 2012-02-19
Available Online: 2021-06-24

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The Event Structure Metaphor is one of the most important conceptual metaphors proposed by Lakoff.This paper analyses conceptual metaphors of life from the aspect of the Event Structure Metaphor and subdivides them into three groups, i.e.the location-version, the object-version and the dual-version.Linguistic materials are collected from the Four Tragedies by Shakespeare in English and Dream of the Red Chamber in Chinese.This paper focuses on the conventional metaphors of life, leaving the creative ones to be investigated later.
- conceptual metaphor,
- Event Structure Metaphor,
- the location-version,
- the object-version

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