认知语言学视角下“走”的隐喻意义和语义演变解读

Metaphorical Meaning and Semantic Shift of Chinese Word Zou Based on Cognitive Linguistics

隐喻是人们的一种非常重要的认知模式,也是认知语言学研究的热点。隐喻的本质即是将已知的认知域映射到陌生的认知域里,以理解和认识新的事物。借助于莱考夫和约翰逊提出的隐喻理论,归纳并分析了汉语中"走"字所具有的隐喻意义,简要梳理了"走"的语义演变,并总结了新时代下涌现的与"走"有关的新词语。对词语的隐喻意义和语义演变的解读有助于指导人们更加准确地运用词语。

Metaphor is an important way for people to understand things, and it is the focus of cognitive linguistics as well. The nature of metaphor is to understand new things with reference to those familiar ones. Based on the theory of metaphor put forward by Lakoff and Johnson, this paper makes a summary and analysis of the metaphorical meaning of Chinese word Zou as well as the semantic shift of it. Some new words that are related to ＂Zou＂ are also presented here. Interpreting the metaphorical meaning and semantic shift of a word can guide people to make use of it more appropriately.