Аннотация:hierarchical level of the metaphor system are found the same in both English and Chinese, whereas the specific linguistic instantiations of those conceptual mappings may be similar or different between the two languages.This study reinforces the view that metaphor is the main mechanism through which we comprehend abstract concepts and perform abstract reasoning.It also supports the candidacy of the TIME-AS-S PACE metaphor and the Event Structure Metaphor for metaphorical universals.These two conceptual metaphors are grounded in some basic human experiences that may be universal to all human beings.
