M etaphor is not only a rhetoric means of language,but also a basic way of human cognition and thinking. In daily life,consciously using metaphor,people comprehend the outside world through metaphor. Culture has gener...M etaphor is not only a rhetoric means of language,but also a basic way of human cognition and thinking. In daily life,consciously using metaphor,people comprehend the outside world through metaphor. Culture has generality that is different from cultural understanding in metaphor. Therefore,the application of metaphor must adapt to corresponding culture mode and common sense of historical culture,so as to form different understandings in conversation. Cross-cultural communication refers to the communication between people with different cultural backgrounds and metaphor reflects the difference between Chinese and western cognition,which also reflects the difference between Chinese and western thinking.However,context is another important reason of metaphor causing cross-cultural communication misinterpretation. As the communication between people with different cultural backgrounds,the cultivation of cross-cultural communication ability needs be formed in mutual cultural exchange,and the improvement of metaphor thinking has a great significance.展开更多
基金One of the project achievements of Guangdong Province Education Science Research"11~th Five Year"Plan,Project No:2011TJK064
文摘M etaphor is not only a rhetoric means of language,but also a basic way of human cognition and thinking. In daily life,consciously using metaphor,people comprehend the outside world through metaphor. Culture has generality that is different from cultural understanding in metaphor. Therefore,the application of metaphor must adapt to corresponding culture mode and common sense of historical culture,so as to form different understandings in conversation. Cross-cultural communication refers to the communication between people with different cultural backgrounds and metaphor reflects the difference between Chinese and western cognition,which also reflects the difference between Chinese and western thinking.However,context is another important reason of metaphor causing cross-cultural communication misinterpretation. As the communication between people with different cultural backgrounds,the cultivation of cross-cultural communication ability needs be formed in mutual cultural exchange,and the improvement of metaphor thinking has a great significance.
