词义模糊的认知[论文]

词义模糊的认知[论文]
词义模糊的认知[论文]

词义模糊的认知探究

摘要语言具有模糊性,对其研究可以从语音、语义和语法等角度进行,本文主要围绕语义具体说是词义,从认知语言学的角度对词义模糊性以及词义模糊性的消除进行研究,以便为我们研究词义提供一个崭新的视角。

关键词模糊性词义认知

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1 词义模糊性

模糊语言学是一门新兴的跨领域的语言分支学科,涉及语言学、心理学、思维科学和哲学等领域,其研究对象是模糊语言。模糊顾名思义就是不清晰、不清楚,《现代汉语词典》对其定义为:不分明、不清楚;混淆。这种解释是没有任何疑问,但笔者认为模糊还可以与精确相对应为不准确、不精确,所以模糊总体可以理解为不清晰、不精确。

从传统语言学的角度来看,词义具有概括性、模糊性、全民性,是对现实现象的概括反映,能把复杂的东西变成一般的简单的东西;经过概括而形成的这些一般简单的东西本身往往带有一定的模糊性,它只有一个大致的范围,没有明确的界限;词义形成之后变为全体公民所用,不是哪个阶级或阶层的特权。这是从语言的本体对词义进行的研究,由于词义是对复杂的、特殊的东西进行的概括,才造成了词义的模糊,像“苹果”这个词就是对品种、大小、形状、颜色、口味不同的各种苹果的一个概括,词义必然是模糊的,因为

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