英汉语言世界图景中时间的空间隐喻表征形式的研究

论文摘要

语言活动是语言世界图景的单位,每一种语言都记录着一个民族独特的世界观和认知模式。语言世界图景理论的研究就是以“人的因素”为核心内容的语言、思维/认知、现实三者相互关系的语言学研究,即作为认知主体的人,以自身的感知体验为基础,以具有民族文化特征的语言为中介来对外部世界朴素的概念及观念的认知总和。人类的各种社会活动都是在一定的时空中进行完成的,由于时间看不见摸不着的抽象特质,人们没有感知时间的器官,因此时间概念需要借助一些别的语义范畴来映射和表征。当我们将空间的概念范畴映射到时间概念上就形成了时间的空间隐喻。虽然英语和汉语这两种语言在表征时间概念的具体方式上存在个别的差异,但他们却共享着“时间是空间”的概念隐喻。人类正是在社会活动中不断认识时间才构建了时间词汇,在此基础上人们构建了朴素的世界图景。本文是在语言世界图景和隐喻理论的指导下,又根据英语和汉语的特点进行对比研究将时间的空间隐喻归结为几种特殊的形式,并着重分析时间的空间隐喻机制,以此来深入了解整个时间机制的运作模式,也展现英汉两大民族中丰富的语言世界图景。探析英汉时间的空间隐喻可以看出这两种语言存在跨文化的共性和个性,这在一定程度上证明了语言是人类思维的工具,也印证了时间的空间隐喻表征体现的是“以人为核心”的人格化概念,从而进一步窥探到每个民族的心理、民族个性、民族认知和民族文化。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• Contents
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 The Purpose and Significance of this Research
• 1.2 The Main Contents
• 1.3 The Main Research Methods
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Linguistic World View Theory
• 2.1.1 The Introduction to Linguistic World View Theory
• 2.1.2 The Formation and Develpoment of Linguistic World View Theory
• 2.1.3 The Research Purpose and Methods of Linguistic World View
• 2.2 Metaphor Theory
• 2.2.1 The Brief Introduction to the Metaphor Theory in Cognitive Linguistics
• 2.2.2 The Representation of Spatial Conceptual Metaphors
• 2.2.3 The Representation of Temporal Conceptual Metaphors
• Chapter Three The Representation Forms of Spatial Metaphors of Timein English and Chinese in Linguistic World View
• 3.1 The Horizontal Form of the Representation of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 3.1.1 The Metaphorical Representation of Spatial Orientation:“前-后”& "Before-After"
• 3.1.2 The Metaphorical Representation of Spatial Distance:“远-近,长-短”& "Far-Near,Long-Short"
• 3.1.2.1 The Metaphorization of "远-近" & "Far-Near"
• 3.1.2.2 The Metaphorization of "长-短" & "Long-Short"
• 3.2 The Vertical Form of the Representation of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 3.2.1 The Metaphorical Representation of Spatial Orientation:"上-下" & "Up-Down"
• 3.2.2 The Metaphorical Representation of Spatial Distance:"深-浅,高-低" & "Deep-Shallow & High-Low"
• 3.2.2.1 The Metaphorization of "深-浅" & "Deep-Shallow"
• 3.2.2.2 The Metaphorization of "高-低" & "High-Low"
• 3.2.3 The Metaphorical Representation of Trajector
• 3.3 The Special Form of the Representation of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 3.3.1 The Metaphorical Representation of Container
• 3.3.2 The Metaphorical Representation of Organs
• Chapter Four The Function of Spatial Metaphors of Time inConstructing Linguistic World View
• 4.1 The Characteristics of Spatial Metaphors of Time in English and Chinese
• 4.1.1 The Universal Characteristic of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 4.1.2 The Humanistic Characteristic of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 4.1.3 The Dynamic Characteristic of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 4.1.4 The Dual Characteristic of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 4.1.5 The Asymmetrical Characteristic of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 4.1.6 The Replaceable Characteristic of Spatial Metaphors of Time
• 4.2 The Similarities and Differences of Spatial Metaphors of Time Between English and Chinese
• 4.2.1 The Similarities of Spatial Metaphors of Time Between English and Chinese
• 4.2.2 The Differences of Spatial Metaphors of Time Between English and Chinese
• 4.3 The Function of Spatial Metaphors of Time in Constructing Linguistic World View
• 4.3.1 The Function of Reflecting National Character and Historic Culture
• 4.3.2 The Function of Interpretation
• 4.3.3 The Function of Evaluation
• Chapter Five Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements