Because of the same brain structure(which is the organ of thought) and external environments, people with various cultural backgrounds may share common understanding of most concepts, i.e. metaphors in different nations may have similar cult...

This research is based on the conceptual metaphor system of George Lakoff, the founder of cognitive linguistics. The author makes researches in the context of common metaphor phenomena in speeches. Combing with the three kinds of classificat...

There are some famous words in ancient times in China. One of them says” the victory of the war needs three important conditions: the good weather, favorable geographical position and the support of people.” But what is the real relation...

This paper looks back at a lot of previous works on the definition and study of metaphor in different fields. Conceptual metaphor theory is a milestone in metaphor research. Then it can be divided into three types of metaphors in English aut...

So it is highly important and necessary to apply metaphorical thinking to English vocabulary learning. It is hoped that the findings of this dissertation will provide insights into the comprehension of metaphor and give some inspiration for ...

The thesis, first of all, reviews the history and development of metaphor study, by introducing the comparison view, substitution view and cognitive view of metaphor. Subsequently, a detailed review of the current research, namely, conceptua...

This thesis studies the conceptual metaphors of love and explores the similar and different central conceptual metaphors in English and Chinese from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. By analyzing and comparing a large number of love ...