“跨越N个世纪”结构多义性和用法分析

On the ambiguity and misuses of the structure Kuayue N-ge shiji(跨越N个世纪)

本文从"跨越N个世纪"的多义和使用人手,应用概念化的理论,诠释"跨越"的三种义位——"占据"、"跨界"和"跨段"产生的认知动因。指出"跨越N个世纪"是一形多义和一义多形的综合体,其内部形式和意义之间有独特的双向对应现象且三种义位交叠。

The paper presents the multiple interpretations and the cases of misuses of 'kuayue N-ge shiji(跨越N个世纪,gloss,to cross N-cl century)',and reveals the cognitive causes behind these complicated readings through conceptualization theories.It argues that the ambiguity is caused by the multiple potential sememes of the verb of 'kuayue(stride over,cross)',i.e.OCCUPY,CROSS(the border) and SPAN(a period of time).Thus the mentioned construction constitutes a special bidirectional correspondence between form and meaning and the overlap of the three sememes.