动态范畴化理论视角下英语名词“数”范畴变动情形研究

A Probe into the Transformation of the“Number”Category of English Nouns from the Perspective of the Dynamic Categorization Theory

动态范畴化理论的提出与发展为英语名词“数”范畴的变动提供了合理依据。在具体语境的推动下,传统定义下的英语可数名词可向不可数名词范畴转移,不可数名词也可能进入可数名词范畴,实现再范畴化。在此过程中,转喻机制发挥着关键作用。

The proposal and development of Dynamic Categorization Theory provides a reasonable basis for the transformation of the“number”category of English nouns.Therefore,driven by actual contexts,the traditionally defined count nouns in English transfer into the category of mass nouns,and the members of mass noun category may also enter into the category of count nouns and thus realize re-catego⁃rization.In this process,metonymy mechanism plays a key and non-ignorable role.