以認知語言學為基礎的日語形容詞「薄い」與「浅い」的語意分析

Abstract

過去日語次元形容詞的相關研究多將焦點擺在空間語意的體系化或其多重語意的解釋上，對於次元形容詞的多重語意形成之原因與各語意間的關聯性未予以說明。因此，本論文以次元形容詞「薄」和「淺」作為分析對象，透過認知語言學的研究方法，對其語意擴張機制及多義構造作一探討，並依據該分析的結果對「薄」和「淺」的語意特徵加以對比分析。 本論文分為五個章節。第一章為序論，闡述本論文的研究目的及過去研究上的限制。在第二章裡首先歸納先前關於「薄」和「淺」的基本語義的研究成果，並介紹認知語言學的相關研究方法。第三章從認知語言學的觀點，觀察「薄」和「淺」的基本語義和各衍生義之間有何種意義關聯性，闡明「薄」和「淺」的語意擴張機制。第四章根據第三章的分析結果，進一步比較「薄」所支配的語意範圍和「淺」所支配的語意範有何異同之處。第五章為結論。

Previous studies on Japanese dimension adjectives are focused on the semantic system and the explanation of polysemy. Those studies have failed to provide careful accounts to illustrate the semantic relationships between the basic meanings and the expanding meanings of dimension adjectives. Therefore, this thesis discuss the semantic extension and the polysemic structure of words USUI “薄い” and ASAI “浅い” in Japanese, which is based on the approach of cognitive linguistics. And then analyze the result of semantic analysis to investigate the different characteristics of the cognition of both adjectives. This thesis consists of 5 chapters. Chapter 1 is the Introduction of this thesis. In Chapter 2, I review the previous researches on the basic meaning of USUI “薄い” and ASAI “浅い”, and introduce the approach of cognitive linguistics. In Chapter 3, I focus on the polysemic structure of words USUI “薄い” and ASAI “浅い”, and analyze how the meaning is extended from the basic meaning to the expanding meaning from the perspective of metaphor and metonymy. In Chapter 4, I present the result of the contrastive analysis. And the fifth chapter is Conclusion.