In this paper the related works in the field of metaphorical thinking,the cognitive mechanism of phonetic metaphors were discussed, and we further attempted to offer a primary explanation of various kinds of phonetic metaphors in both English and Chinese,explore their cultural characteristics particularly.

The term “phonetic metaphor” was initiated by Fónagy in 1999, but he only defined his account from the viewpoint of the iconic relationship between sound (acoustic ways) and meaning,and it has not been taken into systematic research by any domestic scholars.

The possible reason is that its initiator gives phonetic metaphor a too narrow definition,which in turn restricts its application in research field.

Metaphor language has profound humanistic education value,and metaphor thinking has cognition and creation function.

As a cut-in point,textual metaphor is discussed to study the textual clues in English poetry.

This paper is aimed at exploring textual metaphor from the perspectives of semiotics and cognitive linguistics.

Under systemic-functional framework,grammatical metaphor is divided into ideational metaphor, interpersonal metaphor and textual metaphor.

Investigation into English Majors spoken and Written Production from the Perspective of Grammatical Metaphor;

Grammatical Metaphor and Its Types Comparison in English and Chinese Scientific Languages;

The grammatical metaphor of technic and science in English;