隐喻和语篇之间关系的研究促进了对两者认识的协同发展。在隐喻通过语篇获得了实证数据支持的同时，隐喻在建构和组织语篇中的能动作用也日渐显现。而隐喻作用下的语篇则由被动的数据解构体转变成积极的生成空间，具有可识解性。我们认为，语篇空间是一个由隐喻绘制的认知图，隐喻图绘的详略度、突显度、视角和动态性等识解手段，赋予了语篇意义和生命。据此，本文以Virginia Woolf 的演说“女性的职业”为例，论证语篇空间意义识解过程中隐喻的认知图绘功能，为隐喻应用研究以及认知语法介入语篇研究提供启示

The research on metaphor and discourse promotes the mutual development in each field． While gaining empirical support from discourse，metaphors find their way on becoming a dynamic driving force in the development of discourse． Accordingly，the discourse activated by metaphors becomes dynamic space，the meaning of which can be construed． From the proposition we follow that discourse space is a cognitive map，which can be mapped by metaphors from different angles of specificity，prominence，perspective and dynamicity． Metaphoric mapping provides tools for conceiving of the situations in the discourse space，which also endows the discourse space with meaning． To testify this hypothesis，this paper takes Virginia Woolf's essay“Professions for Women”as a case and makes a detailed analysis of how metaphoric mapping works，hoping that the research may facilitate the research on metaphor application and the integration of Cognitive Grammar in discourse analysis．