Internet buzzwords,as distinct forms of language,consist of short sentences yet carry rich meanings and spread rapidly.To better study this intriguing and unique linguistic phenomenon,this paper employed conceptual in...Internet buzzwords,as distinct forms of language,consist of short sentences yet carry rich meanings and spread rapidly.To better study this intriguing and unique linguistic phenomenon,this paper employed conceptual integration theory for its powerful explanatory capabilities to analyze the origins,composition,and emergence of meanings of internet buzzwords over the past four years.These 40 internet buzzwords can be categorized into five types:semantic derivation,generalization,abbreviation,metonymy,and compounding.Furthermore,this paper conducted cognitive analysis from different conceptual integration network perspectives,elucidating specific cognitive operations involved in the construction of meanings and revealing the emergence process of layered meanings in recent internet buzzwords over the past four years.展开更多
In the view of cognitive linguistics,mental spaces are small conceptual packets constructed as we think and talk,for purposes of local understanding and action(Fauconnier&.Turner 2002:87).Fauconnier holds the opin...In the view of cognitive linguistics,mental spaces are small conceptual packets constructed as we think and talk,for purposes of local understanding and action(Fauconnier&.Turner 2002:87).Fauconnier holds the opinion that the discourse participants move through the space lattice while their viewpoint and their focus shift as they go from one space to the next.Cognitive linguistics demands the learners to focus on the dynamic pattern of interaction between mental and discourse.Therefore,mental space theory is widely used in discourse analysis.This thesis takes My Last Duchess,a famous dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning,as the resource of analysis to see how dose mental space theory applied in discourse analysis to constituent an exhaustive and entire comprehension of the discourse.展开更多
In Waterland,contemporary British writer Graham Swift tells the protagonist Tom,using a mix of reality and history recreates the ecological devastation of the Fens Marsh,the fall of the Atkinson family and the spiritu...In Waterland,contemporary British writer Graham Swift tells the protagonist Tom,using a mix of reality and history recreates the ecological devastation of the Fens Marsh,the fall of the Atkinson family and the spiritual collapse of the people.This paper attempts to explore the dilemma of human existence by starting from Henry’s spatial theory and dividing it into physical space,social space and mental space.展开更多
Packages in Chinese cross talk are the origin of cross talk humor.By using the literature investigation method,the paper find the effect of humor when create the packages and unpack the packages,which is the process t...Packages in Chinese cross talk are the origin of cross talk humor.By using the literature investigation method,the paper find the effect of humor when create the packages and unpack the packages,which is the process that audiences construct mental spaces and create mappings between mental spaces,but the detail process of mental spaces and the mappings of mental spaces is uncertain.Thus,the paper uses literature investigation and illustration as the main research methods.This paper means to make a better understanding of the humor of cross talk and can help to create more humor discourse.展开更多
As an important form to express inference and reasoning,if-conditional has occupied a significant position in linguistic research.Traditional studies investigate the issue in virtue of categorization,cognitive semanti...As an important form to express inference and reasoning,if-conditional has occupied a significant position in linguistic research.Traditional studies investigate the issue in virtue of categorization,cognitive semantics and comparative analysis,etc.So far few researches have concerned meaning construction of if-conditionals from a perspective of cognitive linguistics.Based on the mental space theory,it is found that two mental spaces are set up in discourse,a base space representing if-clause and main clause represented by an expansion space.When elements in spaces are respectively projected in a mapping relation,the meaning is constructed by blending.This paper aims to provide a full interpretation for meaning construction by establishment of mental spaces and mapping between them,and also the analysis of subjectification pattern of if-conditionals,providing reference for future studies of the issue.展开更多
文摘Internet buzzwords,as distinct forms of language,consist of short sentences yet carry rich meanings and spread rapidly.To better study this intriguing and unique linguistic phenomenon,this paper employed conceptual integration theory for its powerful explanatory capabilities to analyze the origins,composition,and emergence of meanings of internet buzzwords over the past four years.These 40 internet buzzwords can be categorized into five types:semantic derivation,generalization,abbreviation,metonymy,and compounding.Furthermore,this paper conducted cognitive analysis from different conceptual integration network perspectives,elucidating specific cognitive operations involved in the construction of meanings and revealing the emergence process of layered meanings in recent internet buzzwords over the past four years.
文摘In the view of cognitive linguistics,mental spaces are small conceptual packets constructed as we think and talk,for purposes of local understanding and action(Fauconnier&.Turner 2002:87).Fauconnier holds the opinion that the discourse participants move through the space lattice while their viewpoint and their focus shift as they go from one space to the next.Cognitive linguistics demands the learners to focus on the dynamic pattern of interaction between mental and discourse.Therefore,mental space theory is widely used in discourse analysis.This thesis takes My Last Duchess,a famous dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning,as the resource of analysis to see how dose mental space theory applied in discourse analysis to constituent an exhaustive and entire comprehension of the discourse.
文摘In Waterland,contemporary British writer Graham Swift tells the protagonist Tom,using a mix of reality and history recreates the ecological devastation of the Fens Marsh,the fall of the Atkinson family and the spiritual collapse of the people.This paper attempts to explore the dilemma of human existence by starting from Henry’s spatial theory and dividing it into physical space,social space and mental space.
文摘Packages in Chinese cross talk are the origin of cross talk humor.By using the literature investigation method,the paper find the effect of humor when create the packages and unpack the packages,which is the process that audiences construct mental spaces and create mappings between mental spaces,but the detail process of mental spaces and the mappings of mental spaces is uncertain.Thus,the paper uses literature investigation and illustration as the main research methods.This paper means to make a better understanding of the humor of cross talk and can help to create more humor discourse.
文摘As an important form to express inference and reasoning,if-conditional has occupied a significant position in linguistic research.Traditional studies investigate the issue in virtue of categorization,cognitive semantics and comparative analysis,etc.So far few researches have concerned meaning construction of if-conditionals from a perspective of cognitive linguistics.Based on the mental space theory,it is found that two mental spaces are set up in discourse,a base space representing if-clause and main clause represented by an expansion space.When elements in spaces are respectively projected in a mapping relation,the meaning is constructed by blending.This paper aims to provide a full interpretation for meaning construction by establishment of mental spaces and mapping between them,and also the analysis of subjectification pattern of if-conditionals,providing reference for future studies of the issue.
