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A Study of English and Chinese Compound NP’s Semantic Configuration

Author: YinRuiXue
Tutor: LiuYuHong
School: Xiangtan University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Compound nouns Cognitive category Conceptual Metaphor Neurocognitive Linguistics
CLC: H313
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2010
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Abstract

Compound noun structure simple and clear, but it is a complex semantic relationships. Language can reflect changes in the facts, to show the language of the original combination of capacity, and enhance the ability of language to create, promote language development. Therefore, the compound nouns study has important significance. The key point is that although this compound Nouns are dependent largely semantic content of a constituent, but finished composite synthesized meaning of the term is sometimes opaque, no concept equivalent to their constituent simple summation of the meaning of , but the meaning is greater than the sum of the constituent components, namely compound noun meaning a whole greater than the sum of its parts. This paper first reviews previous studies on the compound noun meaning, the concept of synthesis is widely believed to form compound nouns basic cognitive mechanisms, but the conceptual integration of compound nouns meaning of the following limitations: (1) are considered compound nouns The morphological composition concept is expressed clearly identifiable, because only clear boundaries between concepts, in order to further explain the concept of synthesis mechanism; (2) compound nouns are considered in each constituent concept plays an indispensable role, They are the ultimate synthesis of compound nouns concepts indispensable foundation; (3) compound nouns only concerned with their constituents as well as the significance of correlation between them, it will also affect the synthesis of other factors that insufficient attention to the concept of meaning; (4) generally emphasis on static compound nouns research on compound nouns semantic change and related disturbances few studies; (5) Zhu theorists are analyzed based on the English corpus, and indeed suitable for analyzing the English language actually, but its cross-language applicability is questionable. These limitations of the classical category theory coincides with the basic ideas. Based on this, we propose a categorization from a cognitive perspective on the compound noun meaning a whole greater than its parts, and to explain the phenomenon, to make up for the lack of conceptual integration perspective. This paper is divided into two categories the compound noun meaning to prove that there is no metaphor and metaphorical meaning of compound nouns extension, because these two types of compound nouns meaning different causes. Within the framework of cognitive areas, respectively, from the scope of the level, scope complex, family resemblance compound noun meaning the perspective of the analysis, a good explanation of no metaphorical meaning of compound nouns whole is greater than its parts. Then from the perspective of a conceptual metaphor metaphorical meaning Polysemy compound nouns, compound nouns meaning whole is greater than the sum of its parts, to demonstrate. Cognitive categorization and conceptual metaphor theory is fundamentally empirical in nature, we can not in the language level circular reasoning, language level must jump out, the introduction of other disciplines further proof. To this end, the authors presented separately from the Narayanan neural theory of metaphor and Sydney Lamb Neurocognitive Linguistics proposed explanation of the above two types of compound noun meaning a whole greater than the sum of its parts neural mechanisms, and thus make more scientific results of this study .

A Study of English and Chinese Compound NP’s Semantic Configuration

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