认知语言学的语义视角——简评Jackendoff和Talmy理论

On Jackendoff's Conceptual Semantics Theory from Cognitive Semantics Perspective

近年来,认知语言学中的语义研究越来越引起语言学者的关注。它与传统语义学有着极大的区别,它强调人类的认知范畴、心理因素、社会环境,着重从体验角度深入探讨人类的思维、语言与身体经验、外部世界诸因素之间的辩证关系。认知语言学的语义研究主要体现在框架语义学与认知语义学两个板块上。文章对认知语言学领域中语义研究的新特点进行反思。

In recent years, the research of cognitive semantics receives more attention from language researchers, it emphasizes cognitive categories, mental factorsandsocial environment and explores the relations between thoughts, language and experience and outside environment. Based on the spirit of generativity of language by Chomsky, Ray Jackendoff has developed a system of linguistic theory-Conceptual Semantics （hence CS）. CS consists of ontological semantic primitives, semantic structure and some mapping rules from semantic structure to syntactic structure. Under-standing Jackendoff＇ s Conceptual Semantics is helpful for knowing cognitive semantics.