美国城镇别名的隐转喻研究_英语论文

The Metaphor and metonymy study of American cities and towns aliases

摘要

别名是一个物质的另一种说法，换句话来说是该物质最初最原始的本名，地方别名也是如此。这些年来有人在研究花的别名，人的别名，旅游景点别名，城市别名等等。用的方法有所不同,但很好的阐释了别名所包含的意思。地方别名的研究原本属于历史语言学范畴，该文章将认知语言学和历史语言学结合对美国地方别名的进行研究。美国各个城市各有别名，每个城市的别名从一个，三，四不等。这些别名有的来自历史人物，有的来自自然地理特征或产物，有的来自某种语言，还有的来自传说等。语言和文化是紧密相关，通过地名别名的研究，可以帮助我们更好的了解这个国家的历史、背景、文化及地方地理特征。

关键词 ：隐喻 转喻 认知语言学 地方别名 文化 

Abstract

Nicknames are another saying of things, in other words, the original name of things. In recent years some researchers study the nicknames of flowers, persons, tourists and cities. They used different kinds of methods to give good explanations to it. The nicknames of those places is belong to the historical linguistic study, in this theses they will be combined each other to studying on the nicknames of American cities in lights of metaphor and metonymy. In America every cities have its nicknames, one, two, four or more. Some nicknames are derived from the historical persons, some are derived from the natural geographical features and products, other are from other languages or legend. As the language and culture are related each other, the study about the origins of those nicknames of American cities will give better understanding about the background ,history ,geography ,even values.

Key words: metaphor, metonymy, city’s nickname, cognitive language, culture