英语缩略词背后的转喻思维  

Metonymic Thinking Underlying English Abbreviations

作　　者：刘桂玲[1] 

机构地区：[1]吉林大学外国语学院,吉林长春130012

出　　处：《吉林师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）》2013年第3期13-15,共3页Journal Of Jilin Normal University:Humanities & Social Science Edition

基　　金：吉林省社会科学规划项目"基于语料库的英汉语动词词化认知对比研究"(编号:2011B291)

摘　　要：在英语构词法中经由截短法、词首字母缩略法和混成法构成的词语因其形式简洁、意义与完整形式等同而备受人们青睐。本文将这三种构词法构成的词语统称为缩略词,从认知语言学视角探求这些构词形式背后所隐藏的转喻思维。缩略词作为一种构词方式可以看作是一种形式与形式之间的转喻/替代关系,缩略词构成过程中遵从认知的突显原则投射的要素为词语的主要信息,缩略形式作为参照点,为完整的词语形式提供心理通路,通常经由推理和语境制约才能通达目标意义。Words formed out of clipping, acronymy, initialism, and blending are referred to as abbreviations, which are concise in form and equivalent to the source words in meaning. This paper explores the metonymic thinking underlying English abbreviations. The abbreviations are based on a stand-for/metonymic relationship between forms while the conceptual meaning remains the same. During metonymic mapping in forming abbreviations, the prominence principle is followed and usually the prominent form and information is mapped, and the abbreviations are reference points to the full forms and provide mental path to the conceptual meaning. The meaning is usually construed through inferencing and by contextual constraints.

关 键 词：缩略词 转喻 突显 参照点 理想化认知模型 

分 类 号：H313[语言文字—英语]