The traditional view regards metaphor as a matter of language, while the contemporary view looks on it as a way of thinking and reasoning.

传统隐喻观仅仅把隐喻当成一种语言现象，当代隐喻观则把隐喻看作一种思维和推理的方式。

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Metaphor is not merely viewed as a matter of language, but a mode of thought and an effective cognitive tool for human to understand things from a new perspective.

隐喻已不仅是一种语言修辞，而成为一种思维模式，是人类用来借助新的视角认知事物的一种有效的认知工具。

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The traditional view on metaphor regards it as a matter of language, while the contemporary view on metaphor looks on it as a tool of thinking or reasoning rather than a linguistic phenomenon.

传统隐喻观仅仅把隐喻当成一种语言现象，当代隐喻观把隐喻看作一种思维和推理的方式。

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In physics, how you measure time and distance is a matter of your frame of reference, which can be viewed as a language or labeling convention.

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