A Cognitive Analysis of English N+N Compounding Words From the Perspective of Image Schema  

作　　者：ZHAN Qi NI Jincheng 

机构地区：[1]Shanghai University for Science and Technology,Shanghai,China

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2022年第5期199-205,共7页美中外语（英文版）

基　　金：the annual project of Shanghai Social Science Planning in 2021(2021BYY008).

摘　　要：English N + N compounds, showing a complicated construction of meaning, can be divided into two categories: coordinate compounds and attribute-head compounds. As cognitive linguistics develops, many scholars conduct their researches by using cognitive mechanisms like conceptual blending theory and categorization. However, few scholars reveal N + N compounds’ meaning construction mechanism by applying principles of image schema. This study aims to explore the meanings of English compounds from the perspective of image schema. High-frequency coordinate and attribute-head compounds are selected from the Large Database of English Compounds (LADEC), and their meanings are analyzed based on schemas existing among them. It is found that word meaning can be constructed according to its corresponding image schema, and the meaning of a compounding word is closely related to human cognition. This study extends the application range of cognitive linguistics and provides more trains of thoughts to the research related to N + N compounding words.

关 键 词：cognitive analysis English N+N compounds image schema 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]