| In1980, Lakoff & Johnson put forward the conceptual metaphor theories in Metaphor We Live By,which opens a cognitive perspective for metaphor study. They consider the essence of metaphor as the process of cognition. Metaphor is not only a rhetorical method, but also a thinking mode and a cognitive tool. Metaphor can use concrete concepts to explain abstract concepts through cross-domain mapping.This thesis applies the conceptual metaphor theories of cognitive linguistics to analyze metaphorical expressions in Mrs. Dalloway. This thesis focuses on the three types of conceptual metaphors: structural metaphors, orientational metaphors and ontological metaphors. It aims to analyze the metaphorical phenomena in Mrs. Dalloway whereby revealing the mechanism that how conceptual metaphors formed in this novel. It can also help people have a deeper understanding of conceptual metaphors in this novel and improve the readers' abilities to appreciate literary works. Firstly, this thesis introduces the definitions and functions of conceptual metaphors. Secondly, it analyzes structural metaphors and their mapping processes; orientational metaphors and their metaphorical extensions; ontological metaphors and their substantial descriptions respectively in Mrs. Dalloway. Finally, the conclusion is reached: this thesis takes the stream-of-consciousness novel as samples to conduct a research of conceptual metaphor to demonstrate the universality of cognitive metaphorical theories. This thesis also emphasizes that metaphor is established on the basis of"experience" and it elaborates the applications of conceptual metaphor theories to make it clear that conceptual metaphor is a cognitive style and reasoning mechanism.The significance of this thesis is that it offers a new perspective to study the metaphorical phenomena in Mrs. Dalloway. It not only expands the research area of this novel, but also provides a new research direction for the understanding and appreciation of literary works. |
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