Study of the Functions of English Grammatical Metaphor from the Perspective of Cognition

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10.2991/emle-18.2018.187How to use a DOI?

Keywords

cognition; grammatical metaphor; function; image; conceptualization

Abstract

Grammatical metaphor is a language device that can be used in expressing ideas and organizing English texts. By using grammatical metaphor flexibly, people may make their expressions vivid and lively, embodying the image function of language. The proper use of grammatical metaphor may exhibit the conceptualization feature of language and the differences of various text types, conveying meanings correctly. Furthermore, the use of grammatical metaphor in particular contexts may not only embody the shift of people’s cognitive domain, making their expressions colorful, but also displays the interactivity of people’s cognition, language and the relevant communicative contexts.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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