Abstract: Conceptual metaphor has an important role in English advertising. Conceptual metaphor is a persuasive and effective means to express the advertisers’ selling ideas. The paper gives a brief introduction to the theory of conceptual metaphor, three types of conceptual metaphor, and analyzes the application of this theory in advertising English; it mainly focuses on its three functions of conceptual metaphor in English advertisement. Through this research, the paper aims to find out how the conceptual metaphor conveys ideas to the customers and enhances the understanding of English-learning.
Key Words: Conceptual Metaphor; Advertising English; Application
摘要：概念隐喻在广告英语中有着重要影响。概念隐喻具有很强的说服力，可以有效的传达广告策划者的销售理念。本文简要介绍概念隐喻理论及三种形式，并将其应用到英文广告；着重分析了广告英语中概念隐喻的三种功能。旨在通过这些研究分析英文广告中概念隐喻如何向消费者传达目的，并提高英语学习者对英文广告的理解。
关键词：概念隐喻；英文广告；应用
With the development of modern, globalized society, advertisements can be seen here and there. They play an important role in our daily life. They are in newspapers, in magazines, on TVs, on the Internet, even on the wall of the roads. We can easily find that more and more conceptual metaphor are applied to the advertisements, especially the English advertisements, and make the advertisements more persuasive and effective to express the advertisers’ ideas. Nowadays, more and more attention has been drawn to the study of English advertising. At the same time, more and more people are interested in conceptual metaphor.
The purpose of this paper is to show how conceptual metaphor is used as a powerful means to attract the customer’s attention. As high technology develops, advertising is becoming more visual. The author will try to show that the conceptual metaphor theory can also be successfully applied in the English advertising.
