《黄帝内经·素问》中“刺”的语义内涵研究

Study on the Semantic Connotation of the Word"Ci"in Plain Questions of Huangdi′s Internal Classic

目的:对《黄帝内经·素问》中动词“刺”的语义进行描写与分析,探究中医语境下动词“刺”的语义内涵。方法:选用中医经典文献语料库中的《素问》文本为语料来源,利用语料库检索工具WordSmith检索电子文本中“刺”字,组成一个独立文本文件,分析其语义。结果:动词“刺”呈现3个显著特征:①刺之后的名词性成分为穴位;②事件过程要素“动作(戳)”突显成为语义焦点;③“工具(针)”词汇概念的融合与分离呈现在句式上。结论:动词“刺”的语义内涵可以概括为“施事(医者)+工具(针)+动作(戳)+对象(病人)+目的(治疗)”。

Objective:To describe and analyze the semantics of the verb"ci"in Plain Questions of Huangdi′s Internal Classic,and to explore the semantic connotation of the verb"ci"in the context of TCM.Methods:The text of Plain Questions in the corpus of traditional Chinese medicine classics was selected as the corpus source,and the word"ci"in the electronic text was retrieved by using the corpus retrieval tool WordSmith to form an independent text file and analyze its semantics.Results:The verb"ci"showed three significant characteristics:(1)The nominal component after"ci"was an acupoint.(2)The event process element"ci(needling)"highlighted and became the semantic focus.(3)The fusion and separation of the lexical concept of"tool(needle)"were presented in the sentence pattern.Conclusion:The semantic connotation of the verb"ci"can be summarized as"agent(doctor)+tool(needle)+action(needling)+object(patient)+purpose(treatment)".