The educational interpretation and teaching application of the metaphorical mechanism in existential sentences - Taking Tang Xianzu's "Four Dreams of Linchuan" as an example
隐喻机制在存现句中的教育阐释与教学应用——以汤显祖《临川四梦》为例

摘要

本文基于构式语法和隐喻理论，探讨《临川四梦》中存现句的隐喻机制及其功能。通过物象化隐喻（如容器/实体隐喻）将抽象概念具象化，时空转换隐喻则促进空间存现向心理存现的映射，实现虚实叙事表达。研究揭示了隐喻在认知凸显（如"断井颓垣"强化心碎意象）和语义增值（如"功名簿"延伸哲理批判）方面的双重修辞功能。本文创新性地运用"补‘了’法"解释非典型存现句结构，拓展了传统语法研究的修辞维度，为戏曲语言研究与认知隐喻理论提供了跨学科参照，具有重要的教育阐释与教学应用价值。

Abstract

This paper, based on Construction Grammar and Metaphor Theory, explores the metaphorical mechanisms and functions of existential sentences in "The Four Dreams of Linchuan". Through objectification metaphors (such as container/entity metaphors), abstract concepts are concretized, and space-time transformation metaphors facilitate the mapping from spatial existence to psychological existence, achieving the expression of both virtual and real narratives. The study reveals the dual rhetorical functions of metaphor in cognitive salience (e.g., "broken well and collapsed wall" intensifying the image of heartbreak) and semantic enrichment (e.g., "book of merit" extending philosophical criticism). This paper innovatively employs the "补‘了’法" (complementing "le") to explain atypical existential sentence structures， expanding the rhetorical dimension of traditional grammatical research. It provides an interdisciplinary reference for the study of theatrical language and cognitive metaphor theory， and holds significant educational interpretation and teaching application value.