1、顧中國(guó)學(xué)術(shù)期刊洌wwv/The Application 論文： The Applicationof Metaphor inCultural Teaching of Foreign Language Study摘要： metaphor has been traditionally regarded asa rhetoric device, but recently many researchers find this devicecan be used more widely in life, especially in the field of foreignlanguage study. t

2、herefore, this kind of systematic study ofmetaphorical concepts is suggested to make up the traditionaldeficiencies in language teaching, especially for the part of culturaland social study of the target language. this paper mainlydiscusses the importance of metaphor teaching and its relationshipwit

3、h culture. most importantly, it offers some implications for theapplication of metaphor in cultural teaching at then end.關(guān)鍵詞： metaphor, metaphorical concept, culturalmodel, cultural teaching, systematic studyi . introductionmetaphor is traditionally treated as a figure of speech and asdeviation from

4、 plain and ordinary use of words. for a long time it isregarded merely as a kind of rhetoric device. however, the recentstudies have_論文發(fā)表專家一changes people s understanding of metaphors.according to lakoff and johnson, pervasivein everyday life, not just in language butin thought and action. our ordin

5、ary conceptual system,in terms of which we both think and act, isfundamentally metaphorical in nature.johnson, 1980:3).the study of metaphors aims to explore the culturalconnotations inside. as a reflection and carrier of culture, metaphorplays a crucial role in culture teaching. during the process

6、offoreign language teaching, metaphors should be explained as akind of linguistic phenomenon, and also be treated as a kind oftools for language use. what s more, with their vividness andspecial feature, metaphors can help the students form a betterpicture of the target language. thus it can make up

7、 for theweakness of the present culture teaching.ii.the relations between culture and metaphor in languagemetaphor is(lak off &顧中國(guó)學(xué)術(shù)期刊洌wwv/learningmetaphor is a kind of symbol for a certain culture,which means metaphor can be different from culture to culture dueto the difference in the backgrou

8、nd, society, and value systems. aspart of the content of culture, metaphor is in consistence with themost fundamental concepts of the coordinated culture and society.according to ungerer and schimid, “metaphors that haveunconsciously been built into the language by long-establishedconventions are th

9、e most important ones. ” (ungerer and schimid,119). however, as human societies develop to what they are today,they do share some similar cultural traditions, experiences andcustoms, which in consequence form the similar culturalconnotations in the metaphor concepts. for example, in chinese,the position of“上下” (“ up” and“down ) can be used as metaphors for social status.as for people with higher status, we call them“高高在上”，“人上人”，“上級(jí)