英語空间介词Above的认知分析.doc

题目：英语空间介词Above的认知分析 A Cognitive Analysis of English Spatial Preposition “Above”  摘　要 【摘要】本文将以意向图示的界标(trajectory)和射体(landmark)关系和概念隐喻中的方位性隐喻为指导，通过分类研究法，对分析再次，A Cognitive Analysis of English Spatial Preposition “Above” Abstract 【ABSTRACT】The thesis will analyze the meaning of the word “above” through classification by employing “trajectory” (TR) and “landmark” (LM) in the image schema and the conceptual metaphor theory. The present study focuses on the analysis of the word “above” in accordance with examples, figures and theory from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. First, by examining the word “above”, which has more than 10 meanings, I classify these meanings into two parts: the original meaning and the extended meaning. As far as the spatial feature of its original meaning is concerned, I choose the relationship of TR and LM and UP-DOWN schema to further analyze it. When the word “above” means “at the top of…”, the TR and LM theory and the UP-DOWN schema theory can well explain this forming of the semantic meaning. The original meaning of the word “above” can be divided into four parts according to the TR and LM relationship: TR and LM touched and unfixed, TR and LM touched and fixed, TR and LM untouched and unfixed, TR and LM untouched and fixed. Again, this study analyzes the extended meaning of the word “above” with conceptual metaphor. The key is to analyze how the meaning of superior-subordinate relationship is mapping from the spatial up-down relationship to its conceptualized meaning when the word “above” is understood as “status” , “ability” and “sound”. The purpose of this study is to analyze the word “above” from the perspective of cognitive semantics to help readers have a comprehensive understanding of the word “above”. 【KEYWORDS】Spatial Preposition “Above”；Image Schema；Conceptual Metaphor诚 信 承 诺 I 摘　要 II Abstract III Contents IV 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Purpose of the thesis 1 1.1.1 Introduction 1 1.