本文的研究支持隐喻的认知语言学观点，并突显了对其进行跨语言、跨文化研究的重要性，尤其补充探讨了汉英隐喻的差异性。
The research done lends further support to the cognitive linguistics view of metaphor and demonstrates the importance of cross-lingual and cross-cultural study;
但是受到文化的影响，同一种动物的隐喻在汉英两种语言中个性多于共性。
Nevertheless, metaphors of each animal bear more variations than universalities, because these four animals are culturally-loaded.
本文正是通过比较汉英语言中的隐喻实例，得出其相似性，为隐喻的认知基础提供佐证。
Consequently, this common cognitive basis of metaphor leads to the similarity across different cultures and languages.
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