一词多义现象的认知解读

一词多义现象在语言中普遍存在。它是指一个词语有多种不同却又互相关联的意义。利用原型范畴理论、认知隐喻和转喻角度分析一词多义现象，认为一个词的多个义项是从原型义项演变而来的，并且表现出不同程度的家族相似性，同时又表现出不同度的原型义项身份；词义延伸又主要通过转喻和隐喻的认知思维结构，即转喻的邻近性和隐喻的相似性思维特征来实现。

Cognitive Interpretation of Polysemy

Polysemy is a prevailing phenomenon in languages.It means that a word has many differences in meanings but coherences in semantic network.Polysemy is discussed from the perspective of prototype,cognitive metaphor and metonymy,discovering that a polysemic word constitutes a semantic category with its primary meaning as the prototype while other members in that category are derived from it,exhibiting a family resemblance and degrees of typicality as well,and that the extension of word meaning is mainly achiev...