摘要
认知语言观认为,成语是概念体系的产物,不仅仅是语言问题。成语不只是具有特殊意义的语言表示法,更重要的是它们来源于我们对世界的认识,而这些认识就体现在整个概念体系中。因此,成语本质上是概念性而非语言性的,是有理据的而不是任意的。大量成语中的理据是通过将其独特意义与知识域链接实现的,而链接又有其自身的规律,我们将这些规律描写为认知机制,包含在认知机制中的具体模式有概念隐喻、转喻、百科知识等。
From the cognitive perspective,idioms are products of our conceptual system,not simply a matter of language.An idiom is not just an expression that has a special meaning in relation to the meanings of its constituent parts,it arises from our general knowledge of the world.Therefore,meanings of idioms can be seen as motivated,but not arbitrary.We suggest that there is a great deal of systematic conceptual motivation for the meanings of almost all the idioms.The motivation can be thought of as a cognitive mechanism,including metaphor,metonymy and conventional knowledge etc.
出处
《天津外国语学院学报》
2005年第1期65-69,共5页
Journal Of Tianjin Foreign Studies University
关键词
认知观
概念体系
认知机制
cognitive view
conceptual system
cognitive mechanism
