英汉数字习语的原型意象阐释

On the Differences of Prototype Meanings Between English and Chinese Numerical Idioms

数字是人类社会发展到一定阶段人们在生产实践中用来计数的一种工具。数字习语是包含数字的习惯用语,不仅表现了民族特有的语言文化,而且体现出与众不同的文化意象。生活中有许多由数字构成的习语,从萨丕尔-沃尔夫语言相对论与亚里士多德逻辑学出发,可以阐释英汉数字习语的原型意象,剖析中西数字文化差异的成因,为数字习语语义的解读提供合理解释。

As the human society develops to a certain stage,the number is a means for people to count in daily life practice.Numerical idioms,as idioms including numbers,not only involve national characteristic language cultures,but reflect different cultural connotations.Based on numbers,this paper combines the construction of numerical idioms,under the guidance of the theories of Sapir-Whorf Linguistic relativity and Aristotle Logic,demonstrates different prototype meanings between English and Chinese numerical idioms,and explores their causes.It may give reasonable explanations for numerical idioms studies.