从“灰领”一词的诞生看词义变迁的内在机制

Inherent Mechanism of Semasiological Changes from the Birth of "Gray Collar" in the Perspective of IITSC

本文试图从一个或一类具体的新词的产生,探讨其意义在原形概念上的演变,从而进一步考察一种语言现象产生背后的认知和社会基础。传统语义学和社会语言学的理论对词义的发展和演变,大多进行的是历时和共时描写,对其演变的规律还没有统一的认识。虽然隐喻认知理论对词语意义变化规则有很强的解释力,但那只是在新词产生过程中的作用因素。本文运用语义变化应邀推断理论(IITSC),认为新词“灰领”的产生是概念转喻的结果,而新词意义的推广则内在地受权势效应等主观因素的制约,因此语义变化的本质动因不只是概念转喻,更重要的是在权势影响下的应邀推断。

A new lexical term comes into being on certain cognitive and social grounds and goes on with its semasiological changes for various motivations. Traditional semantics has contributed much in this respect in the manner of diachronic and synchronic descriptions, but is still far from satisfactory. Despite the fact that Metaphoric Cognitive theory turns out to be powerful in the interpretation of the semantic changes, this paper invites IITSC to have an alternative insight into the brand-new term“gray collar” by claiming that the essential motivation for the semasiological changes lies in the invited inference on the authoritative effect basis other than metaphorization.