范畴化视野下英语科技词语的特性及认知机制  

A Study of the Attributes and Cognitive Mechanism of English Sci-tech Words from the Perspective of Categorization

作　　者：张建伟[1,2] 欧阳双龙[3] 

机构地区：[1]中南林业科技大学教育技术与语言研究所,湖南长沙410004 [2]湖南师范大学外国语学院,湖南长沙410012 [3]湖南工程学院外国语学院,湖南湘潭411104

出　　处：《湖南工程学院学报（社会科学版）》2013年第2期32-36,共5页Journal of Hunan Institute of Engineering(Social Science Edition)

摘　　要：范畴化是个命名的过程。科技词语涉及面广、数量大、增长速度快。语言工作者曾提出过许多假设来解释这个特点。本研究从认知心理和范畴化的角度出发,通过分析科技词语的语言形式,试图找到科技词语在其范畴化过程中的认知规律。研究表明:客观事物的不连贯性、人类与外在世界的互动方式以及交际的经济性是科技词语范畴化的主要特性,对原型的概念隐喻或概念转喻认知是范畴化科技词语的主要认知机制。Categorization is a process of naming. Many hypotheses have been advocated to account for the fact that Sci-tech words are wide coverage, great in number and fast in speed of creation. This study starts with the formation of words in science and technology from the perspective of cognitive psychology and categorization with an aim to find out the cognition model in their categorization. The study shows that discontinuity of the physical world, human interaction with the outside world and communicative economy are the major motivations of categorization of Sci-tech words. The main cognitive mechanisms of these words lie in the metaphorical or metonymical understanding of the prototype.

关 键 词：范畴化 不连贯性 互动 经济性 认知机制 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]