英文摘要 |
Using concrete ways to present abstract concept of time is common in most languages. The concept of spatial positioning exists ubiquitously in such temporal expressions as “morning-noon-afternoon,” “the days before/after…” and so on. According to Johnson and Lakoff, spatial concepts are the primitive concepts we can easily understand, and from the interaction of senses of the body and environment, orientational metaphors of spatial positioning arise. Most scholars pay attention to the reflection relation between spatiality and temporality. However, basing on the senses of the body and spatial phrases, the author will attempt an investigation of why the spatial phrases can be used to express the temporal concepts. |