英语习语理据研究

论文摘要

习语是语言中的精华和瑰宝。但是习语的正确理解及使用并不是一件容易的事情。因此,对于习语,尤其是其理据性的研究是必要的。了解习语的理据性,学习者能够更快地掌握习语以及更长久地记忆习语。传统的习语意义观认为习语是“死喻”,是不可分析的,任意的,无理据的。然而现代语言学的发展,对这一观点提出了越来越多的反证。从现代语言学的观点来看,大多数英语习语都是可以分析的,有理据的。本文在前人研究的基础上,应用美学、认知、及文化理论,从英语习语的音、形、义三个方面分别探讨了习语的理据性。美学为习语的音、形提供了重要理据:读音上,为达到音韵和谐美妙的审美效果,习语讲究韵律美,常用头韵、尾韵等押韵形式;形式上,为了达到和谐美,常采用对称的形式,同时应用不同的语体风格及修辞手段。认知语言学和文化在概念形成过程中起着重要的作用,为习语提供了语义理据。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Purpose and Significance of the Study
• 1.2 Organization of the Thesis
• 1.3 Definition of Idiom
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Traditional Noncompositionality
• 2.2 Deficiencies of the Traditional View
• 2.3 Compositionality
• 2.4 Problems with the Compositional View
• Chapter Three Theoretical Bases
• 3.1 Motivation
• 3.1.1 Arbitrariness and Motivation
• 3.1.2 Classification of Motivation
• 3.1.3 Summary
• 3.2 Cognitive Linguistics
• 3.2.1 An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics
• 3.2.2 Cognitive Models Motivating Idioms
• 3.2.2.1 Conceptual Metaphor
• 3.2.2.2 Conceptual Metonymy
• 3.2.2.3 Conventional Knowledge
• 3.3 Culture
• 3.3.1 The Definition and Categorization of Culture
• 3.3.2 Language and Culture
• 3.4 Aesthetics
• 3.4.1 The Beauty of Phonology
• 3.4.2 The Beauty of Words
• 3.4.3 The Beauty of Sentences
• Chapter Four An Aesthetic Approach to English Idiomatic Motivations
• 4.1 A Phonological Study
• 4.1.1 Cadence
• 4.1.2 Rhyme
• 4.2 A Formal Study
• 4.2.1 Sentence Pattern
• 4.2.2 Stylistic Features
• 4.2.3 Rhetorical Devices
• Chapter Five A Cognitive Approach to English Idiomatic Motivations
• 5.1 Metaphor and Idioms
• 5.1.1 Idioms Denoting “Anger”
• 5.1.2 Idioms Containing “Hand”
• 5.2 Metonymy and Idioms
• 5.3 Conventional Knowledge and Idioms
• Chapter Six A Cultural Approach to English Idiomatic Motivations
• 6.1 The Sociological Dimension of Culture
• 6.1.1 Geography and Living Environment
• 6.1.2 History
• 6.2 The Artistic Dimension of Culture
• 6.2.1 Literature
• 6.2.2 Myths and Fables
• 6.3 The Anthropological Dimension of Culture
• 6.3.1 Customs
• 6.3.2 Religion
• Chapter Seven Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• Publication