英语习语的理据探析  

A Study of the Motivation of English Idioms

作　　者：刘桂玲[1] 

机构地区：[1]吉林大学外国语学院,长春130012

出　　处：《长春大学学报》2013年第5期558-560,共3页Journal of Changchun University

基　　金：2011年度吉林省社会科学基金项目(2011B291)

摘　　要：传统的英语词汇学研究侧重英语习语结构的稳固性和语义的统一性,习语语义的统一性忽视了英语习语形义之间的认知理据。从英语习语的来源、特征、功能以及形义关系入手,可以探索英语习语的语义理据。习语与意义相近的表达式相比,形式简洁、意象丰富、蕴义深刻。Traditional English lexieology takes English idioms as a combination of structural invariability and semantic unity. Structural invariability means that the overall meaning of an English idiom is not to be derived from the literal meaning of its components, thus ig- noring the connection between the literal meaning and the idiomatic meaning and the construction of meaning from its form. This paper deals with the motivation of English idioms from the perspective of their origins, features, functions and the relationship between the lit- eral and idiomatic meaning. English idioms are variants of set expressions and are more concise and economical.

关 键 词：英语习语 形式 意义 理据 

分 类 号：H313[语言文字—英语]