词的引申义数量和语义范畴量的关系——以人体名词为例

The Relationship between the Number of Extended Meanings of Vocabulary and the Quantity of Semantic Category——A Case Study of Chinese Nouns for Human Body

词的引申义及其所属的语义范畴数量有多有少,通过对比分析,从等级高低和比值大小两种维度考察引申义数量与语义范畴量之间的对应关系,能够发现语义范畴数量依照节制型的规律递增,这揭示了制约意义数量的深层语言机制:即量的约束力源自人们不同层面的意义需求。

Through comparative analysis of the corresponding relationships between the number of extended meanings and the quantity of semantic category,the writer of this article finds that the quantity of category increases abstemiously at a certain range.It reveals a deep-seated mechanism which restricts the number of meanings——the restriction of quantity comes from different hierarchy of people＇s semantic requirements.