意象理论在汉语量词辨析中的认知作用

The Use of Imagery Theory in Analyzing Classifiers in Chinese

量词数量众多、用法灵活是现代汉语的重要特征之一。量词总是与名词搭配使用的,它们的搭配关系实际上反映了人们对名词所代表的范畴的理解和认识,是认知语言学的重要认知内容。认知语言学的意象分析理论和方法在汉语量词的辨析运用方面有着独到的功能。

There are a lot of classifiers in modern Chinese and their usages are very flexible. The collocation of classifiers with nouns mirrors in reality man's ideas of the categories into which nouns are grouped, an important object of study for cognitive linguistics. Therefore the imagery theory in cognitive linguistics can be applied in the study of classifiers in Chinese.