体认语言学视域下古风歌歌词的转喻研究

Metonymy Study of the Lyrics of Ancient Style Songs from the Perspective of Embodied-Cognitive Linguistics

古风歌受到越来越多人喜爱,在歌曲领域占据着不可或缺的位置。体认语言学认为语言是基于对现实的“互动体验”和“认知加工”而形成的。以河图知名古风歌为研究对象,从体认语言学角度探索古风歌词这种特殊语言里的转喻现象并解释背后的认知机制。研究发现,转喻在古风歌中使用多且类型丰富,契合古风歌含蕴的特点;古风歌词的简短、意象堆积以及新词的产生和理解与转喻的使用有很大关系。

Ancient style songs are becoming more and more popular,which occupy an indispensable position in the field of songs.Embodied-Cognitive Linguistics holds that language is formed on the basis of“interactive embodiment”and“cognitive processing”of reality.Taking He Tu’s famous ancient style song as the research object,this paper explores metonymy phenomenon in this special language and explains the cognitive mechanism behind it.It is found that metonymy fits the characteristics of ancient style songs,involving many usage and rich types.The use of metonymy is closely related to the brevity of ancient lyrics,the accumulation of images and the understanding of new words in terms of Embodied-cognition.