1、天津大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文中英新聞?wù)Z篇中概念隱喻的對比研究姓名：尹偉申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：外國語言學(xué)及應(yīng)用語言學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：楊豐寧20090501ABSTRACTAsaprevailinglanguagephenomenonmetaphorhasdrawnalotofattcntmn右omscholarswhostudyitbyvariousmeansandfiomdifferentaspectssincetheancientGreektim

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8、calmethods，conceptualmetaphorsfoundinthecorpusaregenerallycategorizedinto7kinds，namelyJourneyMetaphorOrganismMetaphor’WaterMetaphorWarMetaphorDramaMetaphorContainerMetaphor強dMachineMetaphorThroughcomparativeanalyses，itis

9、discoveredthatChineseandEnglishsharealmostthesameconceptualmetaphorsinnewsdiscourse，buttherearestillsomeslightculturaldifferencesintheseeminglysamemetaphors，notablythepercentageofusage，orinotherwords，metaphorpreference，a