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Diachronic Cognitive Pragmatics: Theoretical Framework and Analytical Path

Yanfei ZHANG1,Shaojie ZHANG2   

  1. 1. School of Foreign Languages，Shandong University，Jinan 250100，China
    2. School of Foreign Languages，Zhejiang Gongshang University，Hangzhou 310018，China
  • Received:2022-09-08 Online:2024-03-20 Published:2024-03-25

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Abstract:

Given the limitations of cognitive pragmatics, this paper proposes Diachronic Cognitive Pragmatics integrating diachrony, cognition and pragmatics. It is intended to expound the entrenchment-conventionalization process of pragmatic meanings from a diachronic perspective, revealing the paths of changes in word meanings. The paper argues that utterance-token meanings evolve into utterance-type meanings through entrenchment, and utterance-type meanings evolve into new coded meanings through conventionalization. Different types of meanings are not easy to be distinguished, as a result of the frequency of repeated usage. This study sheds new light on the study of polysemy of words.

Key words: Diachronic Cognitive Pragmatics, semantic change, entrenchment, conventionalization, repeated usage frequency

CLC Number: 

  • H030

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语料库例型意义
古代语料库红眼病、发怒/发急、酒醉、劳累
现代语料库哭红、发怒/发急、嫉妒、红眼病
当代语料库夜间、红眼病、嫉妒、发怒/发急、哭红、酒醉、劳累、贪财、红外线导引装置样式、红眼效应、诱惑

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排序古代语料库现代语料库当代语料库
例型意义频次例型意义频次例型意义频次
1红眼病6哭红6夜间175
2发怒/发急3发怒/发急2红眼病78
3酒醉1嫉妒1嫉妒48
4劳累1红眼病1发怒/发急40
5哭红12
6酒醉6
7劳累3
8贪财3
9红外线导引装置样式2
10红眼效应1
11诱惑1

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