【作者】 陈瑜；

【导师】 王勤玲；

【作者基本信息】 西南大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2008， 硕士

【摘要】 谜语是人类特有的一种文化形式,也是一种非常普遍的语言现象。国内外对于谜语的研究都有相当长的历史,但大多是从民俗、修辞、历史、文化等方面对其进行考察。由于传统理论多集中于对谜语形式及内容的客观观察和静态描写,因而难以从整体上对谜语理解的具体运作机制做出详尽的阐释。本文试从认知语言学的角度,运用概念合成理论及其概念整合网络来探索谜语意义建构的幕后认知机制,希望能弥补传统理论的不足,为谜语研究提供一个全新的视角。概念整合是人们进行思维活动,尤其是进行创造性思维活动时的一种认知过程。由Fauconnier(1997)率先提出的概念合成理论及其概念整合网络为人们研究言语理解背后的认知活动提供了统一的理论框架。其运作主要依赖于四个空间:两个输入空间,一个类属空间和一个整合空间。在整合过程中,两个输入空间的对应联系由跨空间映现完成,同时输入空间的结构被选择性地投射到整合空间,并通过组合、完善和扩展这三种基本的整合过程生成输入空间所没有的新结构——层创结构,从而产生出新的意义。概念合成理论指出概念整合在自然语言的语义建构中起着极大的作用,在本文中,它也被认为是谜语理解的内在运作机制。本文以汉语谜语中的事物谜语为研究对象,并针对此类谜语的特点在概念整合网络原有模式的基础上增加了一个输出空间,从而为更加清晰地呈现其意义建构的幕后认知操作提供了一个新的框架。同时,本文还根据概念整合网络的四种主要类型将事物谜语分为相应的四类,并在这一新的框架下对每一类谜语的具体理解过程作了比较细致的探索和分析,从而使我们对汉语谜语有更加深入的了解。研究表明,概念整合是一种普遍的认知现象,概念合成理论及其概念整合网络能够为谜语理解活动的幕后认知操作提供理论依据,其强大的认知阐释力也再一次得到了检验和证实。概念合成理论与谜语理解的结合为各自领域的研究都提供了崭新的视角,并且有利于各自理论的发展和完善。更多还原

【Abstract】 The riddle is a cultural form peculiar to human beings, and it is also a universal linguistic phenomenon. The riddle studies both at home and abroad have a long history; however, most of them have been conducted from the aspects of folklore, rhetoric, history, and culture. Since the traditional researches often attach great importance to the objective observation and static description of the form and content of the riddle, they cannot provide full explanations on the concrete operation in riddle comprehension from a holistic view. Therefore, this thesis intends to apply a new cognitive approach, namely, the conceptual blending theory, to explore the backstage cognitive mechanism in riddle meaning construction in the hope of making up the shortcomings of the traditional theories.Conceptual integration is a kind of cognitive process which happens when we are thinking, especially when we do creative thinking. The conceptual blending theory and its conceptual integration network proposed by Fauconnier (1997) offer us a uniform theoretical framework for uncovering the cognitive activities hidden behind language understanding. This framework operates mainly on four mental spaces: two input spaces, one generic space, and one blended space. In conceptual integration, the two input spaces are connected with each other by cross-space mapping, and then structures in the inputs are selectively projected to the blended space in which the emergent structure occurs through composition, completion, and elaboration, thus, novel meaning is produced. The conceptual blending theory indicates that conceptual integration plays a very important role in the meaning construction of natural language. Accordingly, it is also taken as the internal operating mechanism of riddle comprehension in this thesis.The Chinese Shiwu riddle is chosen as the subject in the study. According to the characteristics of this kind of riddle, a new framework is put forward on the basis of the conceptual integration network model by adding a fifth mental space-the output space, through which the backstage operation in the meaning construction of the Chinese Shiwu riddle can be more explicitly presented. Meanwhile, the Shiwu riddle is reclassified into four types in terms of the four major integration networks, and the specific mental processes in the comprehension of each type of riddle are respectively explored in detail under the new framework so that we can have a better understanding about the riddle.It is proved in the study that conceptual integration is a ubiquitous cognitive phenomenon, and that the conceptual blending theory also has great explanatory power for unfolding the cognitive processes in riddle understanding. The combination of the conceptual blending theory and riddle comprehension provides both fields with a new perspective and enriches the studies in both riddle theory and cognitive science.更多还原