摘要
一般认为,元语否定(metalinguistic negation)是对语句适宜条件的否定。目前对于这一现象的研究集中在否定联结词的性质和受话人的理解过程上,研究者们对于否定联结词是否具有歧义一直众说纷纭。研究中存在的根本问题是对于真值条件的看法过于狭隘,没有充分考虑到语境和认知机制的作用。认知语言学认为,语句的真值取决于人类的目的和对于事物的范畴化。不同语境中,说话人选择不同范畴,语句就有不同真值。元语否定的实质是对他人关于事物范畴的判断进行否定。
Metalinguistic negation is defined as negation of the felicity conditions of a sentence. Studies of this phenomenon have focused on the nature of the negative operator and its interpretation. However, there has not been a consensus on whether the negative operator is ambiguous or not. A major problem with previous studies is that researchers have adopted an objectivist view of truth conditions, failing to take context and human cognition into full account. According to cognitive linguistics, the truth of a sentence is a function of human purposes and categorization. Speakers choose different categories in different contexts and a sentence will have different truth values accordingly. Metalinguistic negation is essentially a denial of the truthfulness of another speaker's judgment in categorization.
出处
《四川外语学院学报》
2003年第2期98-102,共5页
Journal of Sichuan International Studies University
关键词
元语否定
否定联结词
范畴化
metalinguistic negation
negative operator
categorization
