Ⅰ—语义学对隐喻的诠释

The Explanation of Metaphor in I-Sematics

乔姆斯基把语言分为外部语言(E—语言)和内在语言(I—语言)。语义学作为研究语言和世界之间关系的理论,相应地,也应有E—语义学和I—语义字之分。E—语义学研究语言与世界之间的关系。I—语义学研究语言使用者(大脑)中的语言知识。语义和认知关系密切。语义结构和概念结构是一致的。隐喻是现实世界中一种无所不在的语言现象。隐喻涉及到特殊认知领域,并具有许多心理语言学的特征。

Chomsky distinguishes between two ways to treat language as an ＂externalized language＂ and an ＂internalized language＂. Semantics, a theory of the relation between language and the world, suffers from the same duality： one can examine it either as an abstract relation external to language users （E-semantics） or as a body of knowledge within the brain/mind of the language users （I-semantics）. Semantics and cognition are closely connected. Semantic structure and conceptual structure are unanimous. Metopher is an omnipresent linguistic phenomenen in the external world. Metapher involves a special cognitive field and possesses various properties of psycholinguistics.