认知语言学的意义新观:体验性概念化——十三论语言体验性

Embodied Conceptualization:A New Semantic View of Cognitive Linguistics

根据体验哲学和认知语言学的观点,昔日有关意义的大多定义可归结为客观主义语义观。Langacker首次将意义定义为"概念化"。这一定义的关键是"化"(即-ize三个字母表达的意义),它囊括了许多重大差异,实现了传统意义观向认知意义观的飞跃,突出了语义的动态性、人本性、主观性、识解性。但这一观点对意义的体验性和互动性强调不够,为此笔者拟将其修补为"体验性概念化",以期从感知体验和多重互动的角度对意义做出更全面有效的解释。

According to Embodied Philosophy and Cognitive Linguistics, most of the definitions of meaning can be subsumed under the realm of objectivism, Langacker advanced a new definition, i.e. , meaning is ＂conceptualization＂. The three letters ＂-ize＂ marks the essential difference of the definition from the others. The definition emphasizes the dynamic, humanistic, subjective and construing properties of meaning, thus realizing a significant leap from the traditional view to the cognitive view of meaning. Yet the definition is lacking in regard of the embodied and interactive aspects of meaning. The present author therefore tries to remedy it as ＂Embodied Conceptualization＂, in the hope of giving a full and effective account of meaning, which covers also perceptual embodiment and multiple interactions.