摘要
名词和动词是人类语言中一种带有普遍意义的现象。通过对它们的透视 ,可以揭示其中的一些认知基础和功能效用。典型的名词和动词之间的转换或多或少反映三维离散立体空间与一维连续时间空间的转换 ,即空间维度的改变。这一改变既经济又高效 ,因为转换过程中没有涉及语言负荷的增添 。
Nouns and verbs exist as a universal phenomenon in human languages. Through their observation, we can reveal some of their cognitive foundations and functions. The conversion between prototypical nouns and verbs can more or less reflect the conversion between a stereo-space with three-dimension discreteness and a temporal space with one continuous dimension, i.e. conversion of space dimensions. This conversion is both economical and efficient in communication because during the process of change, there is no additional work needed and meanwhile it makes expressions more terse and colorful.
出处
《外语教学》
北大核心
2004年第5期36-41,共6页
Foreign Language Education
基金
重庆大学科研启动项目
重庆大学语言认知及信息处理研究所项目的资助
关键词
名词
动词
名一动转换
典型性
时空维度
省力原则
nouns
verbs
conversion of noun-verb
prototypes
spatio-temporal dimension
least-effort principle
