英语词义演变的认知解读  

The Cognitive Interpretation of the Developments and Changes of Lexical Senses

作　　者：付翃[1] 

机构地区：[1]河南教育学院外语系

出　　处：《河南教育学院学报（哲学社会科学版）》2009年第6期130-132,共3页Journal of Henan Institute of Education(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition)

摘　　要：历史、文化因素是传统的词汇语义学所认为的词义演变之源,但这些外部因素不能揭示词义变化之根本动因,词义变化的内因来源于语言使用者的认知思维。历史、文化因素说明的是变化的必要性,而认知因素揭示了词义变化的内在机制和可能性。隐喻与转喻认知模式、原型范畴理论和图形—背景理论是揭示词义演变动因的认知途径。Traditional lexical semantics attributes the change of the senses of lexical words to the cultural and historical factors and linguistic factors. But these can not disclose the fundamental reasons for the change of the senses of the lexical words. The innermost drive for lexical sense changes is the different cognition ways of the language users. Historical and cultural factors illustrate the necessity of changes, while cognitive factors explain explicitly the internal mechanism and the possibility for lexical sense changes. Metaphor and metonymy model,prototype ＆ basicl-evel category, theory and figure ＆ background theory are responsible for the lexical sense changes.

关 键 词：词义演变 认知解读 隐喻与转喻 图形-背景理论 原型范畴理论 

分 类 号：H313[语言文字—英语]