大学英语教学中界性在对名词数的解释力

The Explanative Power of Boundary to English Nouns in College English Teaching

英语名词有可数名词和不可数名词之分。在认知语言学框架下,从事物的边界性着手,能对可数和不可数作出较为合理的解释。与人对世界的认知体验相对应,一般来说,可数名词是有界的,不可数名词则是无界的。

English nouns can be divided into two types： countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Within the framework of cognitive linguistics, the reason why nouns can be divided in this way can be appropriately explained in terms of boundary. Generally speaking, the countable nouns are used to indicate the bounded objects, while the uncountable nouns are used to indicate the unbounded objects, which is in accordance with human＇s cognition experience.