摘要
概念转喻是人类造词的语义理据之一。概念转喻对词义演变的作用主要反映在以下几个方面,即词义的扩大与缩小、表层"逻辑矛盾"中反映出的词义变化、隐喻与转喻共同作用下的词义变化以及转喻义对语境的依赖性等方面。研究表明,概念转喻既是词义变化的一个重要动因,也是词义理解的认知基础。
It is held that metonymy is one of the motivations for word-formation.The role of conceptual metonymy in lexical-level semantic change is reflected chiefly in the following aspects:the broadening and narrowing of lexical meaning,lexical change in logical contradiction,co-role of metaphor and metonymy in lexical change,and the dependency of metonymic meaning on context.The study shows that conceptual metonymy acts as an important motivation for lexical semantic change as well as a cognitive basis for underst...
出处
《当代外语研究》
2010年第11期28-31,61,共5页
Contemporary Foreign Language Studies
基金
教育部人文社会科学研究规划一般项目(09YJA740070)
山东省社会科学规划研究重点项目(09BWXJ01)
山东省研究生教育创新计划项目(SDYC09031)的阶段性成果
