汉语转喻的语境依赖性及其英译方法——以《骆驼祥子》英译为例英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

Declaration I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person or material which has to a substantial extent been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at any university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text. Signature: Name: Date: Acknowledgements In the completion of this thesis, I received so much help and support from many people around, to whom I would like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt gratitude. First and foremost, my sincere and special thanks go to Professor Fan Xiangtao, my respectable supervisor, for his inspirational advice, insightful comments, dedication of time and energy upon the preparation and supervision of this research, without which this thesis would not be possible. His patience and lenience always make me feel moved and guilty. His strict and earnest attitude towards academic research sets me an impressive model and will exert great influence in my entire life. I also feel grateful to other teachers in the College of Foreign Languages for their inspiring lectures, which have broadened my scope of knowledge and laid the foundation for my research. Meanwhile, I am full of appreciation to my classmate Jin Xiaorong, who offers me constant help and encouragement, especially in the time when I am having an operation. My thanks also go to my fellow graduates Pan Wencen, my friends and parents, who have been encouraging and supporting me all the time. 南京航空航天大学硕士学位论文 南京航空航天大学硕士学位论文 On On the Context-dependence of Chinese Metonymies and the Methods of Their Translation into English i i PAGE PAGE iv ABSTRACT For a long time, with the subordination to the theory of metaphor, metonymy is always in the shadow of research field. However, recently, with the rapid development of cognitive studies, scholars have been concentrating