历时认知语用学：理论框架与分析路径

Diachronic Cognitive Pragmatics: Theoretical Framework and Analytical Path

摘要

摘要:鉴于认知语用学的局限性，本文提出了一个“历时”“认知”和“语用”融合的历时认知语用学模式，它旨在研究词义—语用意义—新词义的历时演变过程，揭示词义的演变规律。历时认知语用学强调语词在使用中依赖语境所产生的语用意义，经过固化到规约化的过程最终演变为新词义，而例型意义演变为类型意义的历时演变过程因受使用频率的限制故而难以区分。本文也为“一词多义现象”的研究提供了一个新视角。

Abstract:Given the limitations of cognitive pragmatics, this paper proposes Diachronic Cognitive Pragmatics integrating diachrony, cognition and pragmatics. It is intended to expound the entrenchment-conventionalization process of pragmatic meanings from a diachronic perspective, revealing the paths of changes in word meanings. The paper argues that utterance-token meanings evolve into utterance-type meanings through entrenchment, and utterance-type meanings evolve into new coded meanings through conventionalization. Different types of meanings are not easy to be distinguished, as a result of the frequency of repeated usage. This study sheds new light on the study of polysemy of words.