具身认知视域下的方块壮字方位字

The Orientation Words of Zhuang Characters from the Perspective of Embodied Cognition

语言具身认识理论认为,身体与环境的交互在语言的获得中起重要作用。以此理论去观照方块壮字中表示"前"与"后"、"上"与"下"、"左"与"右"、"内"与"外"的四组方位字,不难发现壮族人在方位认识过程中常用"東""辶""心""扌"表示人身形及部位的构件,也常用"天""日""门""广"等表示环境的部件,足见壮族人认识的具身性。

The language embodied cognitive theory holds that the interaction between body and environment plays an important role in language acquisition. It is not difficult to find that the four groups of orientation words of "front" and "behind","up" and "down", "left" and "right", "inside" and "outside" are commonly used by the Zhuang people in the process of orientation recognition. They often use "東","辶", "心" and"扌" to express the body shape and parts, as well as "日","天", "门","广"and other components representing the environment show the embodiment of Zhuang people’s cognition.