隐喻
word C2- metaphor
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人类在表达极其抽象的时间概念时,往往会不由自主地借用更为具象的空间隐喻来辅助理解。
汉语虽然也大量使用类似的水平隐喻,却独树一帜地引入了垂直方向的空间词汇来构建时间框架。
汉语中关于时间的上下隐喻,绝对不是一种孤立存在的词汇现象,而是深深根植于中华民族悠久的文化土壤之中。
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