范畴化_语言中认知.pdf

2001 年7 月 外语教学 Jul. 2001 第22 卷　第4 期 Foreign Language Education Vol. 22 No .4 : 文　旭, 江晓红 ( 西南师范大学 外语学院重庆400715) : 语言学中的认知革命带来了语言研究方法的更新, 人们 一方面运 认知语言学的理论和方 法探讨语言现象, 另一方面又通过语言现象来揭示人类的认知能力。认知语言学研究语言与认知之 间的关系, 认为语义结构是人们在经验世界中形成的认知范畴的映射。本文运 认知语言学中的有 关研究成果, 试图从范畴的典型性、范畴的认知工具—— 隐喻、以及范畴化的象似动因来揭示语言 现象中的认知。 : 范畴化; 典型理论; 隐喻; 象似性; 认知语言学 : H0 0:A : 1000-5544( 2001) 04-0015-04 Abstract: Cognitive revolut ion in linguist ics has brought about a renew al of linguistic research methodology . On the one hand, people probe into language phenomena w ith theories and methods of cognitive linguistics; on the other hand, language phenomena reveal the cognitive ability of human beings. Cognit ive linguistics st udies t he relationship betw een language and cognition, w hich claims that semantic st ructures reflect the mental categories which people have formed from their experiences of grow ing up and acting in the w orld. This paper, based on the studies of cognitive linguistics, attempts to argue for cognit ion of human beings in language categorization through , . protot ype theory metaphor and iconicity : ; ; ; ; Key words categorization prototype t heory m etaphor iconicity cognitive linguistics ; , : , , ( U ngerer Schimid, 1996) , , , , , , ,