东北大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2013, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (5): 541-545.DOI: -

• 语言文学研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

网络环境下明喻与隐喻的理解机制研究

郭爱萍   

  1. (太原理工大学外国语学院,山西太原030024)
  • 收稿日期:2012-12-12 修回日期:2012-12-12 出版日期:2013-09-25 发布日期:2015-11-10
  • 通讯作者: 郭爱萍
  • 作者简介:郭爱萍(1967-),女,山西太原人,太原理工大学副教授,文学博士,从事认知语言学、对比语言学研究。
  • 基金资助:
    教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金资助项目(11YJC740067);山西省回国留学人员科研资助项目(2013-042)。

Comprehension Mechanism of Simile and Metaphor: A Google Search Study

GUO Ai-ping   

  1. (College of Foreign Languages, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China)
  • Received:2012-12-12 Revised:2012-12-12 Online:2013-09-25 Published:2015-11-10
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摘要: 明喻和隐喻的异同,一直是心理学界争论的焦点。比较论和范畴论认为它们二者并无差异,因为其涉及了相同的理解机制。为了论证二者存在差异,从现有的心理语言学文献中选取50对本体和喻体,分别按“A像B”和“A是B”两种形式展开“谷歌”网络搜索,试图通过真实语境中这两种形式的使用情况,了解其理解加工机制之间的变化。研究结果发现,在明喻句“A像B”中,大多带有解释性说明,即存在喻底(81%);在隐喻句“A是B”这种句式中,大多不带解释性说明,即没有喻底(67%)。这表明,人们在理解明喻和隐喻时加工机制有所不同,明喻在很大程度上呈现出一种相似性的比较,隐喻则更多表现为一种范畴性的隶属关系。

关键词: 明喻, 隐喻, 网络检索, 理解加工机制

Abstract: There has been a heated debate on the differences between simile and metaphor. Such dominant theories as comparison and categorization hold that the two do not have any difference in that they are involved in the same comprehension mechanism. To support the idea that simile and metaphor are distinct, the present study first selected 50 pairs of terms from four psycholinguistic papers by google search with linking topics and vehicles of simile (A is like B) and metaphor (A is B), and then explored how the two forms are used in real contexts so as to understand their differences in comprehension mechanism. The results showed that similes are more likely to be accompanied by explanations, i.e., they have grounds (81%), whereas metaphors are less likely to give explanations, i.e., they do not have grounds (67%). This means that simile is understood as an assertion of resemblance and metaphor as an assertion of categoricity.

Key words: simile, metaphor, Google search, comprehension mechanism

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