A Study of Prototype Effects in Xin Qiji’s Song Lyrics from the Perspective of Prototype Theory.docVIP

A Study of Prototype Effects in Xin Qiji’s Song Lyrics from the Perspective of Prototype Theory 　　Abstract：Xin Qiji was praised by Wang Guowei：“ the most excellent poet of the Southern Song Dynasty” in his book Comment on Ci Poetry.This thesis aims to appreciate Xin’s Song lyrics from the perspective of Prototype Theory.It will provide a reference for further study in this aspect and provide a theoretical guide in practical activities，and thus may promote more wonderful related works produced. 　　Key Words：prototype theory；Xin Qiji’s Song lyrics；prototype effects 　　It is said that human beings tend to classify everything in the world automatically according to their characteristics.Different substances are endowed with different marks or names，and this process is called categorization.It is not only the mental process of the human brain to summarize and classify the objective world，but also the basic and main content of cognitive linguistics.Labov（1973）has pointed out：if the language can be said to be anything，it is the study of category.Category is the foundation of peoples understanding and cognition of the world，and also the foundation of thinking and communication. 　　Prototype theory is a theory that about category and categorization，it aims to reveal the fundamental properties and internal configuration of the given category.With great explanatory power，the theory can not only explain natural phenomena，but also explain the social phenomena，including many linguistic phenomena.If we can use the language to classify the world，we also can use the prototype theory to study the language.At present，prototype theory has been mainly applied in the field of phonetics，syntax，lexicology，pragmatics，language acquisition，aphasia and other aspects，hardly on the application of cognitive poetics to analyze literary text.In recent years，some Chinese scholars and postgraduates have been doing research on classic Chinese poetry from the perspective of some certain theory in