英 汉 日语空间方所表达的对比分析-comparative analysis of spatial expressions between english and chinese and japanese.docxVIP

AcknowledgementsUponthecompletionofthisthesis,Iwouldliketoextendmyheartfeltandlonglastinggratitudetoallthosewhohavecontributedtothisthesiseitherdirectlyorindirectly.Firstofall,Iwouldliketoexpressmyheartygratitudetomysupervisor,ZhangYong,forhisencouragementandguidanceinmystudy,andhiscarefulmodificationandcriticismofmythesis.Ihadthegoodfortunetohavehimassupervisor.IwouldliketoextendmanythankstoProfessorXiXiaoming,ProfessorLiuJin,ProfessorXiaShangli,ProfessorLiangMei,ProfessorJiDequan,ProfessorZhengZhijinandtoalltheotherprofessorsandteachersfortheirinspiringlecturesinmygratitudework.Specialthanksshouldalsogototheresearchparticipantswhosehelpenabledtheresearchtogosmoothly.IfeelgratefultomyclassmatesinmygraduatestudybecauseIenjoyedgreatbenefitfromtheircompany.IowemygratitudetomycolleaguesandfriendsfromwhomIreceivedgeneroushelp.Finally,butimportantly,mygratitudegoestomyfamily,especiallymyparents,fortheirlove,supportandencouragementinthecourseofmythreeyearsgratitudestudy.Inaddition,Iwouldliketoacknowledgethatthispaperwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthehelpofallthoseauthorswhosebooksarethefoundationsofmyresearch.iiAbstractEverythingintheworldisinacertainspace;therefore,tolocatethespacerelationbetweenobjectsisanextremelyimportantaspectofrecognizingtheobjectiveworld.Whenhumanbegintocognizetheworld,theyfirstfocusonthepositionandmovementaroundtheirenvironment.Spatialexpressionisalinguisticformbasedontheabstractrepresentationofanobjectiveworldthroughhumanconceptualprocessing.Owingtothesimilaritiesanddissimilaritiesofphysicalspace,cognitivepattern,culturebackgroundandsoon,thespatialexpressionsindifferentlanguagescontainsomedisparities.Scholarshaveachievedmuchinthestudiesofspatialexpressionfromdifferentperspectives,whiletherearestillsomeproblemsthatneedtobestudied.ThisthesisbreaksthroughthelimitationsofthepreviousstudiesandmakesaresearchofspatialexpressionsinEnglish,ChineseandJapanesefromtheperspectiveofcontrastivelinguisticsandcognitivelinguistics.Thespatialrelationinlanguageexpre