论认知识解理论视角下的英汉死亡委婉语对比

The Contrast of Death in English and Chinese Euphemism from Cognitive Construal Theoretical View

认知识解理论强调以心智为中介来认识世界,其中包含的五维度为人们认识客观世界提供了全新的方法。委婉语作为一种语言策略,是认知主体对事件或场景的概念化解释,在主体对客观事物进行加工转换的过程中必然要涉及到识解维度,识解理论为委婉语的研究提供了新的研究方法和维度空间。纵观分析英汉委婉语研究现状,死亡一词具有重要的理论研究价值。本文采用识解理论五维度来对比分析英汉死亡委婉语异同点,探讨其对人们认识客观事物、改造主观世界的作用和理论研究价值。

Cognitive construal theory emphasizes the mind as a mediation to know the world,including five dimensions,which provide people a new method to understand the objective world.As a linguistic strategy,euphemism is the conceptualization of events or scenes for cognitive subject.In this process,construal dimensions are necessary;in return,construal theory provides new research methods and dimensions to the research of euphemism.＂Death＂has important theoretical value in the research of euphemism.Based on the construal theory of the five dimensions,this thesis explores the function and theoretical value on people＇s awareness of objective things and reform of subjective world through the contrastive analysis of English and Chinese euphemism on death.