转喻思维与语言生成

The Metonymy and the Language Generation

转喻思维是人类的基本认知方式,重在范畴的相关性,其中的"认知框架"和"显著度"是两个重要概念。语言的生成过程,本质上存在转喻的认知机制。语言生成中的转喻认知机制,比较突出的有指称转喻、言语行为转喻和文字转喻。转喻思维具备更强的解释力和预测性。

Metonymy is a basic human cognitive style that mainly focuses on relevance, which has two important con- cepts including the cognitive framework and the significant degree. Essentially, the cognitive mechanism of metony- my exists in the process of language generation. And there are three outstanding cognitive mechanisms of metonymy in the language generation including the referential metonymy, the speech act metonymy and the word metonymy. In conclusion, the metonymy possesses a more distinctive power to explain and predict.