精巧的语言 有意味的形式--汉语谜语语言研究

Skillful use of language in creative forms: An analysis of the language in riddles in Chinese

本文研究汉语谜语的语言运用。谜语活动——包括出谜和猜谜——反映参与者个人成长的内在经验,也反映他们所把握的集体人格记忆。谜语的出谜和猜谜首先要考虑谜面-谜底的同一性,而根本的是要按照集体记忆的思路进行工作。以集体记忆为基础构建起来的同一性框架揭示了谜面-谜底的同一性特征,也揭示了谜语是如何建构和解读的,同时解释了有些谜语之所以是迷惑人的语言之秘密。谜语之所以为大众所喜闻乐见,是因为谜面的语言具有形式美,是谜语的内形式,是有意味的形式,具有深刻的本体意义。

Doing riddles, including riddle-producing and riddle-guessing, reflects both the doers' own personal inner experiences and the collective memories of the society they bear, for riddles possess significant characteristics of collective memories. The ‘Theoretical Framework of Identity' based on collective-memory explores the identity between the riddles and their answers, and explains the secret why the language of some riddles is both puzzling and fascinating. A riddle is an ontology of its own, coated in linguistic beauty, laden with an extraordinary meaning.