本书是在作者的硕士论文的基础上经作者精心修改而成，是一篇有关我国经济语篇的论文。作者以认知隐喻理论作为基本理论框架，主要围绕汉语语言的历时对比和英汉跨语言共时对比，运用语料库语言学的研究方法，试图透析隐含于语言内部变化之中的、不同语言间差异表象之下的社会文化属性以及意识形态特征。本书成稿质量较高，是一篇具有一定学术价值的学术研究著作；同时，本书也具有一定的现实意义，正如作者导师在为本书所作序中所言：“经济是当前社会生活的中心，如果能够发现一定的隐喻性概念化规律，也有现实意义。”

序

前言

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 A General Overview of Theories on Metaphor

2．1 Traditional Views of Metaphor

2．1．1 Comparison and Substitution Theory

2．1．2 Interaction Theory

2．1．3 Summary

2．2 Cognitive View of Metaphor--The Theoretical Framework

of the Study

2．2．1 The Working Mechanism of Metaphor

—The Cross—domain Mapping

2．2．2 The Experiential Basis of Metaphor

2．2．3 The Categories of Metaphor

  2.2.4 The Main Characteristics of Metaphor

  2.2.5 Summary

  2.3 Recent Studies Adopting the Cognitive Approach to

    Metaphor

  2.4 Issues Faced by the Cognitive Approach to Metaphor

  2.5 The Purpose of the Present Study

  2.5.1 A Case Study on Metaphors in Chinese Economic Discourse

      ( t949 - 2008) from a Diachronic Perspective

 2.5.2 A Case Study on Metaphors in English and Chinese Economic

      Discourse (2003 -2008) from a Cross-linguistic Perspective

Chapter 3 Methodological Considerations

  3.1 The Thorny Issue of Metaphor Identification

 3.1.1 The Criteria for Metaphor Identification

 3.1.2 How to Get from Linguistic Metaphor to Conceptual

      Metaphor

  3.2 The Corpus-based Approach

 3.2. 1 Extracting Metaphors from Corpora

 3.2.2 The Corpora of the Study

Chapter 4 A Study on Metaphors in Chinese Economic

       Discourse ( 1949 - 2008)

 4. 1 Statistical Analysis of Metaphors in Chinese

    Economic Discourses

 4.2 Metaphors in the Discourses before the Reform and

    Opening-up ( 1949 - 1978)

 4.2.1 The War Metaphor

 4.2.2 The Human Being Metaphor

 4.2.3 The Journey Metaphor

 4.2.4 The Liquid Metaphor

 4. 3 Metaphors in the Discourses During and After Carrying

   Out the Policy of the Reform and Opening-up

   ( 1979 - 2008)

4.3.1 The War Metaphor

4.3.2 The Game Metaphor

 4.3.3 The Human Being Metaphor

 4.3.4 The Journey Metaphor

 4.3.5 The Mechanism Metaphor

  4.3.6 The Building Metaphor

  4.3.7 The Liquid Metaphor

 4.4 A Comparative Analysis of Metaphors Used in Two

   Different Periods

  4.4.1 The Similarities

  4.4.2 The Differences

Chapter 5 A Study on Metaphors in English and Chinese

      Economic Discourses on Mergers and Acquisitions

    (2003 - 2008)

 5.1 Dominant Metaphors in English and Chinese Mergers

   and Acquisitions Discourses

  5.1.1 The War and Fighting Metaphor

  5.1.2 The Marriage/Romance Metaphor

  5.1.3 The Game/Sports Metaphor

  5.1. 4 The Hunting Metaphor

  5.1.5 Co-occurrence of Metaphors

 5.1. 6 Discussion

  5.2 A Comparative Analysis of Metaphors in Mergers and

   Acquisitions Discourses

 5.2.1 Cultural Models

 5.2.2 Differences in the Frequency

5. 2.3 Differences in the Category

  5.3 Summary

  Appendix

Chapter 6 Conclusion

 6. 1 The Findings of the Study

 6. 2 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research

6.2.1 Limitations

6.2.2 Suggestions for Future Research

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