文档介绍：Transferred Epithet 转移修饰(移就) by:Xiphosura 10-05-11 Content ? Definition ? Function ? Usage ? Examples ? References Definition ? An epithet is an adjective or descriptive phrase, used to modify noun. ? It is a figure of speech where an adjective is transferred from the noun it should modify to another noun to which it does not belong. Function ?引人联想,发人深思 creeping( 爬行的) fear ?生动新颖 Parenthetically( 附加说明) let me admit that it isn ’ t easy to resist cracking all those nut jokes . But resist I will . You ’ ll get no cheap laughs from this article. ?语言精练 He occasionally even engages in electronic conversations with Apple Users around the country. Usage(1/2) ?描述人词语修饰具体事物 He crashed down on a protesting( 抗议的) chair . ?描述人词语修饰抽象事物 There is an amazed silence , slowly Alexander turned away. ?描述人词语修饰行为 He listened with bright-eyed smiling attention . Usage(2/2) ?描述具体事物词语修饰抽象事物 Gray peace pervaded( 遍及) the wildness-ringed Argentia bay in Newfoundland. ?描述抽象事物词语修饰具体事物 Mark Twain had to leave the city because of the scathing( 严厉的) columns he wrote. Examples ( 1/3 ) The plow( 犁) man homeward plods( 沉重的走) his weary( 疲倦的) way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me. 农夫荷锄犁,倦倦回家门。惟我立旷野,独自对黄昏。托马斯·葛雷------ 《乡村墓地挽歌》 Examples ( 2/3 ) . Eliot ’s “ The Waste Land ” Winter kept as warm, Covering earth in forgetful snow , Feeding a little life with dried tubers. 冬天使我们温暖, 大地给助人遗忘的雪覆盖着, 又为枯干的球根提供少许生命。 Examples ( 3/3 ) Once I wore my apron( 围裙) low, Now I wear my apron high, Love, oh love, oh careless love ! See what love has done to me. 以前我围裙系得低。如今我围裙系得高。哎,爱呀爱,粗心的爱, 看你对我干的这种事! References 《移就格用法浅议》 《试析移就修辞格的功能与翻译》 《浅论 Transferred Epithet 与 Hypallage 》 《英汉移位修饰语风格的异同及其文化溯源》 《人的语言审美与移位修饰语的语用语境》 《移就的修辞心理分析》 《论移就修辞语义信息互动的形成和理解》 《英国文化****俗对移位修饰语修辞格的影响》 《移位修辞法及其翻译》