“裸官”、“裸考”的认知分析

The Cognitive Analysis of Naked Official and Naked Examination

认知语言学认为,隐喻是一种基本认知模式,是我们进行抽象思维的手段。隐喻是语言中词义变化的重要方式。相似性是隐喻赖以成立的基础。裸的本义不言自明,"裸考"、"裸官"是在本义的基础上延伸而来的,以相似性为基础的隐喻思维在这种延伸过程中起了重要的作用,它决定了语义变化的方向,是语义变化的内在机制。

The cognitive linguistics claims that metaphor, as a fundamental cognitive model, is the tool of abstract thinking, which helps to produce new senses. Metaphor is based on similarity. The sense of ＂naked＂ in ＂naked examination＂ and ＂naked official＂ is extended from its basic sense. Metaphor based on similarity determines the extending tendency, and is the intrinsic mechanism of the semantic change.