冠词的本质及其认知心理

On the Essence & Cognitive Psychology of Articles

冠词是最具典型意义的指称限定词,具有独到的限定表意功能,在明晰指称关系、确定指称对象的认知过程中扮演着不可替代的角色。人的心理支配着人的行为,因此这一认知过程实质上是一个心理的过程。冠词的指称限定特质并非单纯地表现在语言形式上,而是基于人的认知心理,其各种特指和类指表意功能正是从不同的侧面反映了人的基本心理思维定势。

Articles are the most typical of determiners.With the distinctive function of determinant communication,they play an irreplaceable role in the cognitive process of identifying the referential meanings and determining the referents.As man＇s behavior is always governed by his psychology,this process is in fact a process of psychology.Just due to this fact,articles＇ essence of referential meaning is by no means referred to as the linguistic forms only,but based on man＇s cognitive psychology.And the various specific and generic references of articles also reflect the basic modes of man＇s thinking and psychological activities from a different side.