有关经济报道中委婉语的认知分析

论文摘要

本论文试图运用认知语言学的概念隐喻、概念转喻理论和概念整合理论来研究委婉语的意义建构,证明了用认知语言学研究该语言现象的适用性。以往很少有学者探讨委婉语的理解机制及其意义建构过程。而笔者运用认知语言学理论,以经济报告中丰富的委婉语为例,在前人研究的基础上进一步对委婉语的构成进行研究。本文从认知的视角来探讨委婉语,运用概念隐喻理论和概念整合理论分析经济报道中有关金融危机、总统选举和政府救市政策等方而的委婉语的动态意义构建过程。在每个例子的分析过程中,笔者对其认知过程分别运用了概念隐喻、概念转喻、隐转喻结合以及概念整合理论进行步骤详解。通过这三种理论对委婉语认知分析,笔者得出委婉语可以通过认知语言学中的概念隐喻、概念转喻和概念整合理论得到,进一步拓宽了概念隐喻、概念转喻和概念整合理论的应用范围,同时可以帮助人们对委婉语创造者的思维方式、认知特点等方面得以了解。从认知的角度进行理据研究,可以把语言研究从封闭的语言结构引向动态、开放的知识结构。概念隐喻与概念转喻是从源域到目标域或单一域内的映射,较少关注即时语境下的自然语言的认知构成,而概念整合理论对隐藏于概念隐转喻幕后的在线心理认知作了更为深入的揭示。如果将这两种研究互相补充,对委婉语现象和概念现象将有可能进行更为普遍、更为综合的处理,同时还可检验这三种理论更为广泛的可行性。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 The Research Subject of the Thesis
• 1.2 Theoretical Foundation of the Research
• 1.3 The Structure of the Thesis
• Chapter Two Literature Review on Euphemism
• 2.1 Definitions of Euphemism
• 2.2 Existing Studies of Euphemism
• 2.2.1 Rhetorical Perspective
• 2.2.2 Semantic Perspective
• 2.2.3 Pragmatic Perspective
• 2.2.4 Socio-psychological Perspective
• 2.2.5 Cognitive Linguistics-----a New Approach to Euphemism
• 2.3 Summary
• Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
• 3.2.1 Traditional Approach to Metaphor
• 3.2.2 Cognitive Approach to Metaphor:the Conceptual Metaphor
• 3.3 Conceptual Metonymy Theory
• 3.3.1 Traditional Approach to Metonymy
• 3.3.2 Cognitive Approach to Metonymy:the Conceptual Metonymy
• 3.4 The Interaction between Conceptual Metaphor and Conceptual Metonymy
• 3.5 Conceptual Integration Theory
• 3.5.1 The Formation of Conceptual Integration Theory
• 3.5.2 The Network Model of Conceptual Integration
• 3.5.2.1 Cross-space mapping
• 3.5.2.2 Generic Space
• 3.5.2.3 Blending
• 3.5.2.4 Emergent Structure
• 3.6 Summary
• Chapter Four Cognitive Approach to Analyses of Euphemism in Economic Reports
• 4.1 Euphemism Analysis by Conceptual Metaphor Theory
• 4.1.1 Euphemism Based on the Systematicity of Metaphorical Concepts
• 4.1.2 Euphemism Based on Highlighting and Hiding Effect of Systematicity
• 4.2 Euphemism Analysis by Conceptual Metonymy Theory
• 4.2.1 Euphemism Based on the Systematicity of Metonymy
• 4.3 Euphemism Analysis by the Interaction between Conceptual Metaphor and Conceptual Metonymy
• 4.4 Euphemism Analysis by Conceptual Integration Theory
• 4.5 Summary
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• 5.2 Major Findings
• 5.2 Limitations and Further Research
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements