语言是思维的载体，语言系统的内在结构反映语言使用者的思维认知方式。词汇是构成语言系统的重要组成部分，具有鲜明的民族性。汉语和英语作为两种不同的语言，其词义呈现出鲜...

本文首先将对一词多义现象及隐喻的研究现状进行简要介绍，继而基于认知隐喻观对相关词汇( 例如，scapegoat，nightmare等等）的语义演变作详细阐释。为了使文章层次清楚，本文将通过英...

本文拟从认知语言学的角度出发，借助原型范畴理论、隐喻理论及转喻理论等相关理论，对英语多义现象形成过程及其语义延伸机制进行剖析。旨在系统地探讨分析多义形成的认知机制...

This paper aims to give an overview of polysemy in English and study how the new meanings of a word are formed and the relations between those meanings so as to help English learners deepen their understanding of polysemous words....

This paper generally summarizes the previous studies about polysemy, English business letters and cross-cultural communication, and analyzes polysemy of common lexis in English business letters and analyzes the effects that the cross-cultura...

On the other hand, it is the same that people cognize things from different angles due to cultural differences though the expanding mechanism of semantic category. Thus the expansions of specific paths are differing that we can see the refle...