A QUANTITATIVE STUDY ON THE GENERIC SEMANTICS OF METAPHORS IN THE SEVENTH EDITION OF MODERN CHINESE DICTIONARY

Abstract

As a rhetorical device, metaphor can not only enhance the artistic expression of language, but also is a rhetorical device in every language in the world. Metaphor is to express the complex and abstract concept of people or things in a more obvious and concrete way, which becomes an indispensable and important factor in language communication. Based on the construction of the research framework of cognitive linguistics theory, an exhaustive statistical analysis of the two-syllable metaphors in the "Modern Chinese Dictionary" (Seventh Edition) is carried out by using the analysis method of the meaning of metaphorical words.

This study takes "Modern Chinese Dictionary" (Seventh Edition) as the research object, and first classifies 853 Chinese disyllabic metaphorical words in the dictionary: 145 artificial objects, 99 natural objects, 70 animal objects, There are 78 components, 13 plants, and 37 human beings in six major categories: plants, animals, humans, nature, artificial objects, and components; among them, the proportions of artificial objects, natural objects, animals, and components Reached 89%, it can be seen that mastering the above main metaphors is the key factor for learning Chinese well. Through the research methods of structure type, cognitive characteristics, and rhetorical methods of the above metaphorical vocabulary, this paper finds that metaphorical vocabulary has a great influence on the development of Chinese culture. The ability of Chinese learners to learn and use Chinese.