Fauconnier的概念合成理论:阐释与质疑

Fauconnier’s Conceptual Blending Theory: Interpretations and Challenges

自1985年Fauconnier提出心理空间理论以来,经过10多年,发展到今天的概念合成理论,已基本成熟,目前成为认知语言学的重要组成部分,为研究语言运用背后的认知活动搭起了一个统一的理论框架.Fauconnier也成为著名的认知语言学家,其理论的基本内容在国内已有初步的介绍.本文重点阐释了其语言观、理论动因、研究对象、研究方法、理论目标、理论表述等几个方面,以期更好地理解该理论的实质--概念合成是人类基本的认知运作过程.同时也对该理论提出了三点质疑.

Blending (Conceptual Integration) theory, initiated in 1985 by Fauconnier in his Mental Spaces, has been developing rapidly and is drawing more and more attention from the academic community. Motivated by ideas in cognitive semantics, blending theory is rapidly emerging as a major force in cognitive science, and provides a unifying umbrella framework for a range of cognitive phenomena. Since there is some introduction about the basics of the theory, the present paper will focus on his views on language, theoretical motivations, subject matter, research methodology, theoretical goals and theory presentation with a view to a better understanding of the central idea that blending is a basic cognitive operation. The paper.also posits three theoretical challenges to the theory.