论伯恩斯的借代修辞格

在任何一种语言中,诗人和文学作者总趋于采用修辞手段或修辞格,以达到更直接、更有效、更生动、更感人地表达他们的思想之目的.本文就劳动人民自己的著名的苏格兰诗人伯恩斯在他诗歌中所惯于采用的修辞格进行了讨论;并就他所使用的借代(metonymy)手段与汉语和俄语中的借代手段进行了比较;并且指出,正是伯恩斯的这种对辞格的精细的选择,才使得他成为杰出的诗人.

On Burns'''' Metonymy

In every language,the poet or the writer of poems or literautre works always tends to employ a figure of speech,so as to make his work more di- rect,effective,vivid and touching.This paper discusses the figure of speech ha- bitually employed by Burns——the famous Scottish poet of the labouring people themselves,compares metonymy he employed with those in the Russion language and in the Chinese languange,and therefore Points out that it is such a deliberate choice of a figure of speech by Burns that makes him a prominent poet.