时间隐喻中的空间参照框架

在时间隐喻研究早期, 研究者多将时间隐喻分为“自我移动”和“时间移动”两类, 关注的是“自我移动”和“物体移动”空间参照框架向时间概念的系统映射。最近, 有研究者在语料分析的基础上, 提出了由其他空间参照框架映射而来的新的时间参照系, 并确立了新的理论, 其中以自我参照点和时间参照点理论、三大参照系理论最具代表性。文章对“自我移动”和“时间移动”隐喻方面的最新研究及目前空间-时间隐喻方面一些新的参照点/系理论和相关实证研究进行了述评。

Spatial Frames of Reference in Temporal Metaphors

Time is often understood in terms of space. Researcher on temporal metaphors in English have traditionally focused on two distinct ego-centered Metaphors, the Time - Moving and Ego - Moving metaphors. Those two metaphors both map future events in front of the observer and past events behind the observer. Recent findings of conceptual analysis have suggested that there are still other kinds of spatial frames of reference in temporal thinking: The empirical evidences support the psychological reality of the Time-RP metaphor. Three-part spatial model (absolute, intrinsic, relative) can be extended to temporal metaphor is at least theoretically plausible. After reviewing the related finding of spatial frames of reference in temporal thinking, the implications for further research are discussed at the end of this paper.