认知语言学课件

1)Introduction2)PrototypesandCategoriesWeek1and21)IntroductionWeek1and21DefiningcognitivelinguisticsThreemainapproachesofcognitivelinguisticsReferencesIntroductionIntroduction2CognitiveLinguisticsisthemostrapidlyexpandingschoolinmodernLinguistics.Itaimstocreateascientificapproachtothestudyoflanguage,incorporatingthetoolsofphilosophy,neuroscienceandcomputerscience.

Cognitiveapproachestolanguagewereinitiallybasedonourexperienceoftheworldandthewayweperceiveandconceptualizeit(philosophicalthinkingaboutthemind).Bedistinguishedfroma‘logical’viewoflanguage.DefinitionofcognitivelinguisticsCognitiveLinguisticsisthem3OurcarhasbrokendownTraditionalExplanation—GrammaticalstructureModernExplanation—EstablishabodyofLogicalrulesforgeneratingthegrammaticalsentencesCognitiveExplanation—RepresentedbythreemainapproachesOurcarhasbrokendownTraditi4ExperientialviewProminenceviewAttentionviewThreemainapproachesofcognitivelinguisticsExperientialviewThreemaina5Itsmainclaimisthatinsteadofpostulatinglogicalrulesandobjectivedefinitionsonthebasisoftheoreticalconsiderationsandintrospection,amorepracticalandempiricalpathshouldbepursued.Forexample,Asklanguageuserstodescribewhatisgoingonintheirmindswhentheyproduceandunderstandwordsandsentences.(acar)ExperientialviewItsmainclaimisthatinstead6Theexperientialviewofwordsprovidesamuchricherandmorenaturaldescriptionoftheirmeanings.Cognitivelinguistsbelievethatoursharedexperienceoftheworldisalsostoredinoureverydaylanguageandcanthusbegleanedfromthewayweexpressourideas.Thetransferofourexperienceofwell-knownobjectsandeventsisevenmoreimportantwhereabstractcategorieslikeemotionsisinvolved.Forexample,Dadexploded.Theexperientialviewofwords7Theprominenceviewprovidesoneexplanationofhowtheinformationinaclauseisselectedandarranged.ForExampleThecarcrashedintothetree.Thetreewashitbythecar.ProminenceviewTheprominenceviewprovideso8Thisviewisbasedontheassumptionthatwhatweactuallyexpressreflectswhichpartsofaneventattractourattention.ForexampleThecarcrashedintotree.Analysingthesentenceintermsofattentionallocation,theattentionalviewexplainswhyonestageoftheeventisexpressedinthesentenceandwhyotherstagesarenot.AttentionalviewThisviewisbasedontheassu9辛斌.认知语言学理论的发展、应用及跨学科研究——第四届全国认知语言学研讨会综述[J].外语研究,

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References辛斌.认知语言学理论的发展、应用及跨学科研究——第四届全国10Introduction:LanguageandCategorization(范畴化)Focalcolours(焦点色)ThepsychologicalbackgroundoffocalcoloursPrototypicalshapes(形状)PrototypicalorganismandobjectGoodexamples,badexamplesandcategoryReferencesPrototypesandCategoriesIntroduction:LanguageandCat11Vagueentityandvagueness(含糊性,模糊性)Fuzzinessandfuzzycategory(模糊范畴)Labov’sexperimentsandconclusionGoodexamples,badexamplesandcategoryboundariesVagueentityandvagueness(含糊12InformantsinLabov’sexperimentswereshownlinedrawingsofcupsandothervessels.Thedrawingswerepresentedonebyoneandtheinformantswereaskedtonamethem.Theresultoftheexperimentshowsthatconsistencyis100percentforprototypebutdecreasestowardsthemarginalmembers.Labov’sexperimentInformantsinLabov’sexperime13ConclusionCategoriesdonotrepresentarbitrarydivisionsofthephenomenaoftheworld,butshouldbeseenasbasedonthecognitivecapacitiesofthehumanmind.Cognitivecategoriesofcolours,shapes,butalsooforganismsandconcreteobjectsareanchoredinconceptuallysalintprotypes,whichplayacrucialpartintheinformationofcategories.ConclusionCategoriesdonotr14theboundariesofcognitvecategoriesarefuzzy,i.e.neighbouringcategoriesarenotseparatedbyrigidboundaries,butmergedintoeachother.Betweenprototypesandboundaries,cognitvecategoriescontainmemberswhichcanberatedonatypicalityscalerangingfromgoodtobadexamples.Note:cognitivecategoriesareequivalentwiththemeaningsofthesewords;whilewordswhicharepolysemous(多义词)mightdenoteseveralcategories.(Chair-主席,椅子)theboundariesofcognitveca15Theterms‘vagueentity’and‘vagueness’’refertoonetypeoftransitionzone,whicharisesfromtheobservationthatsomeconcreteentitiesdonothaveclear-cutboundariesinreality(kneeandotherbodyparts;fog,snowandsimilarweatherphenomenaandlandscapeformslikevalleyormountain.VagueentityandvaguenessTheterms‘vagueentity’and‘16Fuzzinessreferstothecategoryboundariesofentities(chairetc.)andthesecategoriesaretheproductofcognitiveclassification.Itisnottheboundariesofentitiesthatarevague,buttheboundariesofthesecognitivecategories(here:chairsandnon-chairs).Infact,therearesomecaseswherevaguenessandfuzzinesscoincide.(mountain)Alltypesofconcreteentitiesandnaturalphenomenalikecoloursareconceptuallyorganizedintermsofprototypecategories,whosedoundariesdonotseemtobeclear-cut,butfuzzy.FuzzinessandfuzzycategoryFuzzinessreferstothecatego17Doexercise2,4onpage20Doexercise2,4onpage2018Thenotionofprototypecanbeextendedtoentitieswhicharelessobviouslyperceptual.Rosch’sexperiments(1973,1975)Askthestudentstojudgethegoodness(typicality)ofcategorymembers(birds,fruitetc.)withoutreferringtothetextbooks.Thegoodnessratingswerealsoconfirmedinmatchingexperimentsinwhichthe‘priming’techniqueswasused.(Rosch,1975).—theadvanceinformationwhichiscalledupbytheprimedcategorynameismostreadilyappliedtogoodexamples.PrototypicalOrganismsandObjectsThenotionofprototypecanbe19Thecategoriesareformedaroundprototypes,whichfunctionascognitivereferencepoints.Categorizationinvolvesdifferentdegreesoftypicality.Thecategoriesareformedarou20Drawsomeshapes(3sets)ontheblackboardSquaresandtheothergoodformsarealsoprimecandidatesfor‘natural’prototypesinthedomainofgeometricalshapes,similartothefocalcoloursincolourspace.Naturalprototypeisassociatedwithanameandalsojudgedbestexample,nomatterwhetheritispresentedinanaturalcategoryorasamarginalrealizationoftheprincipleunderlyingoneoftheothersets.PrototypicalShapesDrawsomeshapes(3sets)onth21ExerciseDrawpicturesofprototypicalexamplesandofobjectsontheborderlinebetweenthecategoriesBOTTLE,GLASS,VASEANDBOWL.ExerciseDrawpicturesofprot22ThepsychologicalprocessesofthecategorizationRosch’sexperimentsRosch’sfindingsPrototypeThepsychologicalbackgroundoffocalcoloursThepsychologicalprocessesof23Thecategorizaitonofnaturalphenomenaisinvolvedinthefollowingprocesses:1.Selectionofsimuli(attractourattention)2.Identificationandclassification3.NamingRoschfoundoutfocalcolourwererootedinlanguageorinpre-linguisticcognition(前语言的认知)andfocalcoloursareprovedtobeprominentinthecognitiveprocessesinvolvedincategorization.ThepsychologicalprocessesofcategorizationThecategorizaitonofnatural24BasedontheresultofRosch’sexperiment,RoschreplacedBerlinandKay’s‘focus’withprototype.Thetermwasborrowedfromearlierresearchintopatternrecognitionofsuchstimuliasdotpatterns,polygons多边形andschematicfaces.‘prototype’stoodforartificiallycreated‘bestexample’Theterm’prototype’madeitmucheasiertoextendthenotionoffocibeyondcolourcategories,e.gintothedomainsofshapes,organismsandobjects.PrototypeBasedontheresultofRosch’s25Rosch’sfirstexperiment:totestthearousalofattentionThesecondexperiment:acolour-matchingmaskTherecognitiontaskRosch’sexperimentsRosch’sfirstexperiment:tot26Focalcoloursareperceptuallymoresalinetthannon-focalcolours.Focalcoloursaremoreaccuratelyrememberedinshort-termmemoryandmoreeasilyretainedinlong-termmemory.Thenamesoffocalcoloursaremorerapidlyproducedincolour-namingtasksandareacquiredearlierbychildren.Rosch’sFindingsFocalcoloursareperceptually27BerlinandKay’sexperimentBasiccolourterms(基本颜色)BerlinandKay’sfindingsExerciseFocalColoursBerlinandKay’sexperimentFoc28Workedwithso-calledMunsellcolourchipsThreedimensions(属性):hue(色调),brightness(亮度)andsaturation(饱和度)Testhowspeakersofthe20selectedlanguagescategorizedcolours.Providethecriteriaforbasiccolourterms.BerlinandKay’sexperimentWorkedwithso-calledMunsell29Thetermsshouldconsistofjustonewordofnativeorigin(asopposedtogreenish-blueandturquoise(绿松石)Theirapplicationshouldnotberestrictedtoanarrowclassofobjects(asopposed,e.g.,toEnglishandGermanblond)Thewordsshouldcometomindreadilyandshouldbefamiliartoalloratleasttomostspeakersofalanguage.BasiccolourtermsThetermsshouldconsistofju30Incategorizingcolourspeoplerelyoncertainpoints(foci)inthecolourspacefororientation.Focalcoloursarenotonlysharedbythespeakersofoneandthesamelanguagebuttheyarealsoveryconsistentacrossdifferentlanguages.Colourcategorizationisanchoredinfocalcolours.Theboundariesofcolourcategoriesvarybetweenlanguagesandspeakers.BerlinandKay’sfindingsIncategorizingcolourspeople31ListbasiccolourtermsinChinesebycheckingwhichcolourtermsconsistofonlyoneshortwordandarefreelyapplicabletodifferentkindsofobjectsandorganisms.Descibethecolourofsweaters,T-shirts,etc.usingbasiccolourtermsaspointsofreference.ExerciseListbasiccolourtermsinChi32ClassificationCategorizationandCognitivecategorizationTheprinciplesguidingthementalprocessofcategorizationCategorizationClassificationCategorization33Theworldconsistsofaninfinitevarietyofobjectswithdifferentsubstances,shapesandcolours.Howdoweclassifythevarietyofobjects?Forexample,organismsandobjectsOthertypesofentities(partsoforganism,landscapenamesandwordsofweatherphenomena)Physicalproperties(temperature,colours)ClassificationTheworldconsistsofaninfin34Easytoidentify,classifyandnameTheyareclearlydelimitedobjectsEasytoidentify,classify