Cognitive linguistics holds that metaphor is cognitive in essence, for it involves deep linguistic thinking. Thus it is not on-ly a unique form of language, but also ideal literature analysis materials. The paper tries to analyze metaphor in Eileen Chang’ s only novel Destiny of Half a Lifetime from the perspective of linguistics. The findings are that the metaphors reveal her persistent writing style:a metaphorical novel, and her unusually positive or neutral attitude towards life.%认知语言学认为隐喻本质上是认知的，涉及深层次的语言思考，因此它不仅是独特的语言形式，也是理想的文学分析材料。本文以语言学中隐喻这一概念分析张爱玲唯一的一部长篇小说《半生缘》，发现其隐喻可以体现出其一贯的写作风格：隐喻性小说，也透露出难得一见的积极正面或是偏中性的人生况味。
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