Contents
Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………
Abstract………………………………………………………………………iii
Introduction…………………………………………………………………1
1. Connotation of cognitive linguistics and its study focus 2
2. Metaphor is a language phenomenon………………………………3
2.1 One of the important sources of language……………………………3
2.2 An important part of everyday language……………………………4
3. A way of simplizing language……………………………………………5
3.1 To create a new syntactic category………………………………5
3.2 A way of promoting understanding……………………………………6
3.3 Helpful to comprehend and infer the meaning of difficult
concepts……………………………………………………………8
3.3.1 Metaphor and emotion………………………………………………8
3.3.2 Science and metaphor………………………………………………10
3.4 Relevance created by metaphor………………………………………11
4. A part of language system………………………………………………13
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………15
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………17
