The contradiction between the unlimited cognitive needs and limited means of expression of human beings caused the phenomenon of lexical decategorization.There are many examples of nouns that are used as adjectives in...The contradiction between the unlimited cognitive needs and limited means of expression of human beings caused the phenomenon of lexical decategorization.There are many examples of nouns that are used as adjectives in Chinese.The evolution of languages is undying and it occurs at anytime.The phenomenon of‘nouns to adjectives’has dynamicity.There is a big difference in the completeness within this phenomenon and it performs as a unidirectional continuum.展开更多
Compounds are constantly used in everyday language,which has a significant contribution to forming new words in Eng lish.The meaning of a compound is not always the sum of its constituents,partly because some of those...Compounds are constantly used in everyday language,which has a significant contribution to forming new words in Eng lish.The meaning of a compound is not always the sum of its constituents,partly because some of those compounds bear metaphori cal/metonymic sense.This article focuses on the study of the metaphorical noun-noun compounds and adjective-noun compounds in English.Based on the semantic relationship between the compound and the constituents,and the parts that metaphorical sense occurs in the compound,three main types of metaphorical adjective-noun compounds were identified.展开更多
在认知构式语法的观照下,对热点句"John is easy to please"和"John is eager to please"进行探讨,可以确认这两句分属两个同形异义构式,分别为"评述受事构式"和"评述施事构式"。此两构式分别...在认知构式语法的观照下,对热点句"John is easy to please"和"John is eager to please"进行探讨,可以确认这两句分属两个同形异义构式,分别为"评述受事构式"和"评述施事构式"。此两构式分别统制两个和四个典型性不同的多义承继构式,且存在另一相关同形异义构式。在构式中区分同形异义,能增加认知构式语法的描写精度和解释力。展开更多
基金This research project is supported by Science Foundation of Beijing Language and Culture University(supported by“the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”)(20YBB08).
文摘The contradiction between the unlimited cognitive needs and limited means of expression of human beings caused the phenomenon of lexical decategorization.There are many examples of nouns that are used as adjectives in Chinese.The evolution of languages is undying and it occurs at anytime.The phenomenon of‘nouns to adjectives’has dynamicity.There is a big difference in the completeness within this phenomenon and it performs as a unidirectional continuum.
文摘Compounds are constantly used in everyday language,which has a significant contribution to forming new words in Eng lish.The meaning of a compound is not always the sum of its constituents,partly because some of those compounds bear metaphori cal/metonymic sense.This article focuses on the study of the metaphorical noun-noun compounds and adjective-noun compounds in English.Based on the semantic relationship between the compound and the constituents,and the parts that metaphorical sense occurs in the compound,three main types of metaphorical adjective-noun compounds were identified.
文摘在认知构式语法的观照下,对热点句"John is easy to please"和"John is eager to please"进行探讨,可以确认这两句分属两个同形异义构式,分别为"评述受事构式"和"评述施事构式"。此两构式分别统制两个和四个典型性不同的多义承继构式,且存在另一相关同形异义构式。在构式中区分同形异义,能增加认知构式语法的描写精度和解释力。