认知解悖方案——以“(葛洲坝是)比哥哥先出生的弟弟”为例  

Cognitive scheme for the resolution of paradox: Taking “(Gezhouba is) a younger brother born earlier than its elder brother” as an example

作　　者：林正军[1] Lin Zhengjun

机构地区：[1]北京外国语大学英语学院

出　　处：《西安外国语大学学报》2022年第3期1-5,共5页Journal of Xi’an International Studies University

摘　　要：悖论是与常理相冲突的、并置要素存在矛盾和对立关系的语言表达。本研究结合话语理解的认知语境和概念整合理论,提出了认知解悖方案。在特定的认知语境中,悖论所表达的概念与认知语境中其他相关概念互动整合,产生新的概念结构(即层创结构),原有的悖论得以消解。认知解悖方案有效解释了“(葛洲坝是)比哥哥先出生的弟弟”(1)这一含有悖论的日常言语表达的理解过程,例证了对含有悖论言语理解过程中的概念整合,揭示了含有悖论言语表达的语义张力和语用效果。Paradox is the language expression that conflicts with common sense, in which the juxtaposed factors are in a relation of contradiction and opposition. This study, combining the cognitive context for utterance comprehension with Conceptual Blending Theory, proposes a cognitive scheme for the resolution of paradox. In a specific cognitive context, the concept expressed by the paradox interacts and integrates with other related concepts, which gives rise to a new concept structure(i. e.emergent structure) and henceforth the original paradox can be resolved. The cognitive scheme for the resolution of paradox effectively explains the understanding of the daily paradoxical expression “(Gezhouba) is the younger brother born earlier than its elder brother”, instantiates the process of conceptual blending in the comprehension of the utterances with paradoxical expressions, and reveals the semantic tension and pragmatic effect of these expressions.

关 键 词：悖论 认知语境 概念整合 消解 语用效力 

分 类 号：H030[语言文字—语言学]