Halliday意义上隐喻式物质小句的意象图式基础

Halliday意义上的隐喻式物质小句指通常由别的过程表征的经验通过物质过程表征时产生的隐喻式小句。通过考察BNC语料库发现隐喻式物质小句可以归为三类,隐藏在它们背后的分别是“操纵物体”“运动”和“传递”经验形成的“力”“运动”和“传递”意象图式。在对隐喻式物质小句描写的基础上,揭示了说话者选择隐喻式而放弃与其对应的一致式小句识解经验的认知动因是将蕴藏在意象图式中的某些语义特征强加给要表征的经验事件。

The Image Schematic Basis of Metaphorical Material Clauses in Hallidays Sense

Metaphorical Material Clauses in Halliday’s sense are experience clauses which are prototypically represented by other processes are actually represented by material process. The data analysis in BNC shows that there are three types of metaphorical material clauses, behind which there lie “FORCE”, “MOTION” and “TRANSFERRING” image schemas respectively. The speaker chooses a metaphorical material clause rather than its congruent counterpart in order to impose certain semantic feature entailed in the “image schemas on the event being represented.