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Modern Chinese Abbreviations Cognitive Analysis

Posted on:2011-11-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B B LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360305468702Subject:Chinese Philology
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With the development of research in linguistics, Abbreviation has become linguistics a vital topic. For the abbreviations of the research has penetrated into all fields of linguistics, language acronym for the words system in theory and the use of language to explore the practical significance of the language laws were gradually revealed. All along, the traditional linguistic focus on abbreviations of acronyms on the structure and rules. This kind of research methods sometimes can not explain the structure of subjective reasons, can not explained clearly from the fundamental composition laws of Abbreviations. In the face of modern society because of the new things and new phenomenon of overwhelming abbreviated phenomenon, we have been caught unprepared. For the emergence of some variation of acronyms, and no start. The purpose of this study is to use cognitive linguistics such a new language to explain scientific knowledge Abbreviations, try to subjective factors and objective phenomenon combining abbreviated, from the perspective of human cognition to explain the acronyms generation and word formation, the formation of the acronyms, Motivation and elaborate the principles of word formation, which summarized the acronyms constitute the cognitive rules used to guide the analysis of the phenomenon on the thumbnail and the use of standardized abbreviations.Abbreviations of the emergence and formation from the linguistic point of view is the language of economic principles to analyze the results of communication are always looking for people with a minimum of words, the most effortless way to express the greatest amount of information. In cognition, because people will think things categorization and the ability to achieve economic principles can to ensure the formation of acronyms. Abbreviations are selected from the original type the word or morpheme restructuring process, this process is guided by the principles of word formation. The emergence of a new thing, the most important thing is to have its own characteristics, abilities and things like this distinction, which was recognized and used. Acronyms are a way to construct new words, abbreviations should follow the course of the first principle of distinction. More syllables from the original style to the abbreviated form of fewer syllables, is the most simplified process, in order to reflect the economic role of acronyms. Select the original type of components and re-present a variety of human cognitive characteristics determine the semantic relevance of the principles and follow the principle of order to become the ultimate combination of contractions.Abbreviations, there is a certain regularity, those laws by the impact of human cognition, and even to some extent play a decisive role. Traditional methods of linguistics only conclude two tendencies:the first syllable and the representatives be selected word. But what is a priority, that is the primary method of abbreviations formed no clear explanation. Abbreviations used combined with the user's cognitive psychology and cognitive linguistics theories, obtained by our analysis, because the acronym is actually the symbol of the original style, it prompts the primary role is the role of acronyms. Then the meaning clear in the table, to avoid ambiguity or difference of condition, location and significance of the first syllable as the highlight, resulting in more people's attention focused on their understanding, so tips the biggest role, so the first syllable of the word most likely to be reduced abbreviation of the word parts. If the selected result in the first syllable acronym meaning ambiguous, suggesting the role of an unknown, so that people can not correctly recall the original style, the style will be selected and the original composition of semantic strongest elements as abbreviations.The view is based on existing data analysis, we try to use the results of cognitive linguistics theory, sure there are loopholes and shortcomings. Our study aimed at from a new perspective on acronyms, and abbreviations have a new understanding of some previously unexplained phenomena give a new interpretation of abbreviated the same time, emerged after the abbreviations for, there and Abbreviations similar language phenomena analysis is enlightening. Abbreviations' formation process itself is its own regulatory process, a clear understanding of the acronyms motivation and principles, that is, based on clear norms acronyms.
Keywords/Search Tags:Modern Chinese, Abbreviations, Cognitive
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