情态动词must多义性特征生成的认知心理分析

Cognitive Approach to the Generation of Meanings Related to Modal Verb “Must”

情态动词是个复杂的语言现象,情态动词must的语义特征更为复杂,了解和掌握情态动词具有重大意义。通过认知心理学对情态动词语义的解释,从情态类型和情态量值的角度探讨must的语义特征,表明must不但具有多义性,而且各义项之间是有联系的,它的语义的产生是有其心理理据的。

It is of great significance to learn and master model verb, for modal verb is complex, and it is even more complex for ＂must＇ in its semantics. This essay has a general view about the semantics of modal verb from the perspective of cognitive psychology, and discusses about the semantics in ＂must＂, which shows that ＂must＂ not only has various meanings, but also has some relationship between them. And the generation of the meaning of ＂must＂ has its own cognitive psychological reasons.