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Research Of Modern Chinese Onmatopoeia Based On Category Theory

Posted on:2020-02-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X X LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330572477327Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Modern Chinese onomatopoeia is closely related to people's life.Its imitation of the sounds of the natural world is expressed in the form of words and presents a unique acoustic effect.And its way of making words according to phonological meaning makes it in a special position in modern Chinese vocabulary.Therefore,it can be said that the study of onomatopoeia is an indispensable part of the study of modern Chinese vocabulary.Starting from the acoustic correlation between the signans and the designatum,onomatopoeia,as a member of the category of parts of speech,can be reification in its hierarchy,that is,the onomatopoeia is the basic level category,the superordinate category is the mimicry,and the subordinate category is the interjection.The rationale for the formation of onomatopoeia is based on the way of thinking of phonetic metaphor,that is,unlike other lexicon,the phonetic relationship between the signifier and the designatum of the onomatopoeia is acoustic,and the overlap of the onomatopoeia and some complexities The construction,such as “A ? BC”,can be understood as a metaphor based on the quantitative grammatical level based on the phonetic metaphor.Thus,the categorization process of the onomatopoeia metaphor is outlined.However,in the practical application of the onomatopoeia,there are often some phenomenas that express non-sounding meanings.This is the semantic transfer of the onomatopoeia through the cognitive mode of metonymy.Through the classification of the onomatopoeic metonymy,the sound is used as the prototype member and the sounding body is formed.The pronunciation action behavior and the things related to the pronunciation are the semantic categories of the edge members.In fact,at the same time as the metaphorical meaning shift,it is not only the metonymy that acts alone,but the metaphor and the metonymy interact.The two are based on the perception category of the speech.
Keywords/Search Tags:category theory, onomatopoeia, metaphor, metonymy
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