中国古典诗歌音韵的象征功能及其成因初探

中国古典诗歌音韵美形成的深层原因并非学界历来认为的汉语的单音节结构和四声特点 ,而是由汉语的生成机制——象声表意——所预设铸就了的 ,即汉语的词音特征与词语所指称的对象的自然音韵之间具有一种象拟的关系。这不仅使中国古典诗歌具有了一种“天籁”般音韵美的特征 ,而且使人们在诵读诗歌的过程中 ,即使脱离诗歌语词概念意义的导引 ,仅凭这些语词在诵读时的音韵特征 ,就可以获得对全诗情景韵味的总体把握。

The Symbolizing Function of Rhyme and Rhythm of Chinese Classical Poetry and Its Formation

The beauty of Chinese classical poetry not only lies in its strong rhythm and harmonious rhyme,but also in its symbolizing function of objective things and their connotation.The formation of Chinese classical poetry's rhyme and rhythm and its symbolizing function is not because of the frequntly-employed rhythm,rhyme,tonal patterns,alliterative compound with the same initial consonant and rhyming compound which are based on characteristics of single syllable and four tones of classical Chinese pronunciation,and not of the outcome of the expert use of some language by Chinese classical poets,but because of the pictographic ideograph-Chinese generative system-has for a long time taken shape.