认知语言学课件1.pptVIP

Aims of the Course Work Required Textbook Evaluation Syllabus References This course aims to probe into the basic conceptual structures realized in language, and to explore the relationship between the way we use language and the way we conceptualize the world. Students will be introduced to various sub-systems that project the conceptual organization of human mind. Course topics range from basic notions such as categories, prototypes, scenes, frames, etc. to the cognitive approach to metaphor and cognitive grammar. Students are also required to do concrete analyses on the above topics contrastively between English and Chinese. Pre-reading should be done in such a way that it serves you in understanding the topic(s) to be discussed each week. F.Ungerer H.J. Schmid, An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics. 2003,外语教学与研究出版社. 1) Attendance and class participation 20% 2) Weekly reading and discussion 20% 3) Oral presentation and assignment 30% 4) Final examination 30% Week 1 Week 6 Week 2 Week 7 Week 3 Week 8 Week4 Week 9 Week 5 1) Introduction 2) Prototypes and Categories Defining cognitive linguistics Three main approaches of cognitive linguistics References Cognitive Linguistics is the most rapidly expanding school in modern Linguistics. It aims to create a scientific approach to the study of language, incorporating the tools of philosophy, neuroscience and computer science. Cognitive approaches to language were initially based on our experience of the world and the way we perceive and conceptualize it (philosophical thinking about the mind). Be distinguished from a ‘logical’ view of language. Experiential view Prominence view Attention view “心寓于身”的认知观 “认知语言学”的哲学基础是体验哲学，是一种“身心合一”或“心寓于身”（embodiment）的认知观。按照这种观点，心智和思维产生于人跟外部世界的相互作用，在这个相互作用的过程中人通过自己的身体获得经验，这种经验用“体验”称之最为恰当。例如，婴儿通过呼吸、进食、排泄而体验到“里”和“外”的概念对立，通过不断的抓起玩具而又放下的身体动作