摘要
本文认为,TALL-SHORT类相对反义词的语义表达人们对客体特征程度的两种识解之间的关系,这样的识解是以常规量度(normal quantity)为参照点(reference point)通过比较获得的。在此基础上,本文尝试提出该类反义词的“识解原则”和“凸显度原则”。按照识解原则,比常规量度(Qn)强或大的识解为A;比常规量度弱或小的识解为B。按照凸显度原则,比常规量度强或大的识解A凸显度高;比常规量度弱或小的识解B凸显度低。凸显度高的优先被使用,使用的频率高;凸现度低的使用频率低。TALL-SHORT类相对反义词的运用表现为凸显度优先原则。
The present study holds that the meaning of relative antonyms like tall-short sheds a great deal of light on the relation betwe- en two construals, which take a normal quantity as the reference point, highlighting the degree of the properties of the objects concerned. The paper attempts to postulate two principles ： the ＂Principle of Construal＂ and ＂the Principle of Salience＂. The Principle of Construal indicates that those stronger or higher than the normal quantity are construed as A, and those weaker or lower than the normal quantity are construed as B. The principle of salience indicates that those stronger or higher than the normal quantity are more salient and those weaker or lower than the normal quantity are less salient. It follows that the more salient is more frequently used, and vice versa. The paper concludes that the application of relative antonyms like tall-short is characterized by the principle of salience priority.
出处
《外语学刊》
CSSCI
北大核心
2007年第2期46-52,共7页
Foreign Language Research
关键词
反义词
识解
凸显度
antonyms
construal
salience
