Speaking With Forked Tongue: A Comparative Study of Metaphor and Metonymy in English and Malay Phraseology
Speaking With Forked Tongue: A Comparative Study of Metaphor and Metonymy in English and Malay Phraseology
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用分叉的舌头说话：英语和马来语短语中隐喻和转喻的比较研究
DOI：
10.1207/s15327868ms1804_5
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发表时间：
2003
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1.1
通讯作者：
J. Charteris
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作者：
J. Charteris
在这篇文章中，我采用了认知语义的方法来比较比喻使用的3个口头身体部位（“嘴”，“唇”，“舌头”）在英语和马来语的短语，以确定是否语言显示出一个方向，隐喻或转喻。主要的发现是，比喻语言被用于提供一个评价的类似的话语功能，虽然每种语言都显示出这两个数字的证据，以及它们之间的融合，英语有一个倾向于转喻，而马来语有一个倾向于隐喻。这是解释与文化差异的态度，面部表情和风格的喜好，在英语中的夸张和马来语的委婉语。这是因为马来语中的隐喻风格更加加密的文化压力。更好地了解比喻性短语的语言特征为了解文化差异提供了丰富的资源。
In this article, I employ a cognitive semantic approach to compare figurative uses of 3 oral body parts ("mouth," "lip," and "tongue") in English and Malay phraseology to establish whether either language shows an orientation toward metaphor or metonymy. The main finding is that where figurative language is being employed for the similar discourse function of offering an evaluation, though each language shows evidence of both figures-as well as blends between them-English has a tendency toward metonymy whereas Malay has a tendency toward metaphor. This is explained with reference to cultural differences in attitude toward facial expressions and in stylistic preferences; in English for hyperbole and in Malay for euphemism. This is because of cultural pressures toward the more encrypted style of metaphor in Malay. A better knowledge of the linguistic characteristics of figurative phrases provides a rich source of insight into cultural differences.