摘要
通过对语言的分析可以了解认知范畴的结构。用同一个表“群”名词描述不同的动物，就是将这些不同的动物范畴归于一个更大的范畴。通过检索典型搭配和互信息值，我们发现flock主要指禽类的“群”，herd主要指体型较大的食草动物的“群”，pack主要用于体型较小的杂食动物的“群”，而swarm主要指昆虫的“群”。它们和动物名词搭配的典型性与动物的范畴层级、动物在基本层次范畴中的典型性及认知经验有关。该研究对英语教学有启发意义，对词典编纂也有借鉴意义。
The structure of cognitive category can be found out via language analysis. Using the same unit noun to refer to different animals＇ gatherings means recategorizing the different animals into a superordinate category. Through retrieving the typical collocations and mutual information scores, we find that ＂flock＂ is typically used to refer to the group of birds, ＂herd＂ the group of herbivores which have bigger bodies, ＂pack＂ the group of omnivores which have smaller bodies, and ＂swarm＂ the group of insects. Their typicality has something to do with the hierarchies of animal category, the animal＇s typicality in the basic category, and cognitive experiences. The study is enlightening to foreign language teaching, and it is helpful to dictionary compiling.
出处
《外语电化教学》
CSSCI
2011年第2期39-44,共6页
Technology Enhanced Foreign Language Education
关键词
动物范畴
单位名词“群”
搭配
语料库
Animal Categories
Unit Nouns Referring to Animals＇ Groups
Collocations
Corpus
