汉语空间维度形容词时间概念的构建

Construction of Time Concept by Space Concept in Chinese Space-dimensional Adjectives

空间和时间是物质存在和运动的两种方式,空间与时间的这种密切关系在语言中更有淋漓尽致的表现,因而汉语中存在大量借用空间概念来表达时间概念的词语,如"长、深、大"。通过对汉语空间维度形容词"长、深、大"的语义研究,来考察汉民族如何通过"长、深、大"的空间概念来构造时间概念。

Space and time are the two ways for the existence and movement in substance. Therefore, there arc a number of Chinese words used for time concept by way of space concept, such as ＂chang （长）, shen （深） , da （大）＂ . This paper investigates the cognitive mechanism of the construction of time concept by space concept in Chinese space-dimensional adjectives： ＂chang, shen and da＂.