ABSTRACT

This article conducts a COHA-based study on the diachronic and synchronic distributions of interpersonal metaphors of modality. The diachronic research finds that the metaphorization of modality occurs towards two directions, one being from the implicit orientation to the explicit orientation, and the other being from the subjective orientation to the objective orientation. The synchronic research finds that interpersonal metaphors of modality are genre sensitive, but this sensitivity is determined by the shift from the subjective orientation to the objective orientation rather than from the implicit orientation to the explicit orientation. The findings show that interpersonal metaphors of modality arise from the transcategorization within the semantic domains, and it is objectification rather than explicitation that is the characteristic feature of the relatively more technical non-fiction texts.

摘要

本文对情态的人际隐喻的历时和共时分布进行了基于 COHA 的研究。历时研究发现，情态的隐喻有两个方向，一是从内隐取向到显性取向，二是从主观取向到客观取向。共时研究发现情态的人际隐喻具有体裁敏感性，但这种敏感性是由主观取向向客观取向的转变决定的，而不是由内隐取向向显性取向的转变。研究结果表明，情态的人际隐喻产生于语义域内的跨范畴化，