本文从隐喻如何促成语篇连贯这一角度出发,阐明了隐喻是语篇生成的重要机制。本文可以为认知语言学与功能语言学的互补性研究提供一个创新研究路径。
Starting with the point how metaphor renders discourse coherence, the paper elaborates that metaphor is a critical generative mechanism of discourses. A path to an innovative research is provided for complimenting cognitive linguistics with functional linguistics.