In this paper, I consider what may be a rather singular role of islands as metaphors. I begin with the presentation of a few particular metaphoric expressions, some that may seem novel and some that will undoubtedly seem very familiar. I then briefly offer a little background on how a cognitive theory of metaphor provides some insight into our responses to these examples. I also summarize the extent to which geographic metaphors, in particular, have thus far been considered both as conceptual metaphors and more generally. The remainder of the paper then focuses on my own examination of metaphoric uses of islands versus some other geographic metaphors in a wide variety of contexts in the Corpus of Contemporary American English, concluding with some motivated speculations about our cognitive/emotional connection to islands. Consider for a moment your reactions to the following examples:

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没有岛屿——每个人都是一体的

在这篇论文中，我考虑了岛屿作为隐喻的一个相当独特的作用。我首先介绍一些特定的隐喻表达，有些可能看起来很新颖，有些无疑看起来非常熟悉。然后我简要介绍隐喻的认知理论如何为我们对这些例子的反应提供一些见解。我还总结了地理隐喻，特别是迄今为止被视为概念隐喻和更普遍的隐喻的程度。然后，本文的其余部分重点介绍了我自己对现代美国英语语料库中各种语境中岛屿隐喻与其他一些地理隐喻的使用的研究，最后对我们与岛屿的认知/情感联系进行了一些有动机的推测。