认知语境与英语结构歧义研究

Cognitive Context and the Study of English Structural Ambiguity

歧义是语义的不确定现象,在自然语言中非常普遍。结构歧义在结构层次上影响人们对语言的准确理解,其产生系由多方面原因造成。认知语境是结构歧义的重要制约因素,可以凸显意义,构成语义理解的基础。以认知语境为参照,可以帮助确定歧义结构的意义,使其理解更为准确,实现有效的交际。

Ambiguity is a very common linguistic phenomenon, which refers to a word or a discourse with two or more interpretations. Structural ambiguity is the source of different interpretations in structural level and it is contributable to multifactors. Cognitive context plays an important role in an accurate understanding of structural ambiguity and the realization of effective communication.