Comparative Study Of Russian And Chinese Language And Culture Perspective Love The Concept Of Metaphor

Metaphor is a common phenomenon which can be used at any moment. Lakoff and Johnson redefined metaphor in their study in 1980, and raised an important concept—conceptual metaphor. It has aroused widespread concern in the public, many of whom are language and cultural scholars. From the perspective of language and culture, conceptual metaphor is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also a special cultural phenomenon for the close relationship between language and culture. LOVE is an important component of the emotional life of human, which is usually conveyed by the measure of metaphor. There is a series of metaphor models for cognizing love in the seemingly complicated expression of love metaphors of Russian and Chinese. These models are called conceptual metaphors of"love". Because it was forming in different cultural background, the conceptual metaphors of"love"became a special expression of culture and showed their own national characteristic. Considering there isn't much research on comparative analysis of love metaphors of Russian and Chinese from the perspective of language and culture in China, it still has some research space.This paper studies the conceptual metaphor in Russian and Chinese languages based on the current research of conceptual metaphor at home and abroad. Through analyzing these general and special conceptual metaphors, we can find out the cultural generality and individuality of the Russian and Chinese nations in order to promote the progress of cross-cultural communication.This paper is divided into five parts.Chapter One:Introduction.It includes basis of the topic selection, research objectives and methods.Chapter Two:Current Research of Conceptual Metaphor at Home and Abroad. It summarizes the history and current research of conceptual metaphor.Chapter Three:Expound the Theoretical Foundation. Define the relationship between language and culture; introduce the theory of linguistic world vision. Analyze the conceptual metaphors of"love".Chapter Four: The focus of this paper. Though analyzing the general conceptual metaphors in russian and chinese languages, the paper finds out the cultural generality.Chapter Five: Another focus of this paper. Though analyzing the special metaphors, the paper finds out the cultural individuality.In the end, the paper concludes the value and importance of the research..