Metaphor by Anton

苏洪钊

Metaphor is for most people a device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish——a matter of extraordinary rather than ordinary language. Moreover, metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone, a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason, most people think they can get along perfectly well without metaphor. We have found, on the contrary, that metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action. Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature. The concepts that govern our thought are not just matters of the intellect. They also govern our everyday functioning, down to the most mundane details. Our concepts structure what we perceive, how we get around in the world, and how we relate to other people. Our conceptual system thus plays a central role in defining our everyday realities. If we are right in suggesting that our conceptual system is largely metaphorical, then the way we think, what we experience, and what we do every day is very much a matter of metaphor.
大多数人都认为隐喻只是一种修辞手法，常用于想象丰富的诗歌当中——出现在非凡的语言中而不是平凡的语言。除此之外，暗喻被定义为语言的一种特性。它与文字相关联但又远离思想和行为。这样一来，许多人都觉得没有隐喻是可以照样生活的。恰恰相反，我们发现隐喻深深地渗透进了我们的日常生活，不仅仅体现在语言上，思想和行为上也一样。在思维和行动的角度来说，我们的观念体系是有着隐喻的本质的。这种观念体系不仅只是智力的问题。它统治着我们的思维和每日的行为，甚至决定了一个微小的细节。观念构成了我们的思维，影响着我们待人处事的方式。其实，观念系统在我们日常生活扮演着关键的角色。如果说，我们的观念系统的确具有隐喻性的话，那我们的思维方式，平日的经历和行为都会与隐喻密切相关。nton

[ 本帖最后由 苏洪钊 于 2008-10-8 23:10 编辑 ]

Cinderella

需要重译哦，理解错误太多了，不可读