基于隐喻或转喻的汉语报刊新词之英译研究：概念整合网络中新词的实时意义建构与翻译的认知联系 = A STUDY OF THE TRANSLATION OF CHINESE NEWSPAPER NEOLOGISMS WITH METAPHORICAL OR METONYMICAL MEANINGS: THE COGNITIVE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE ON-LINE MEANING CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSLATION OF THESE NEOLOGISMS USI

Abstract

THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO STUDY THE ON-LINE MEANINGS OF 80 CHINESE NEOLOGISMS WITH METAPHORICAL OR METONYMICAL MEANINGS FROM THE PERIOD 2004 TO 2012 USING THE CONCEPTUAL INTEGRATION NETWORK. THE ON-LINE MEANING CONSTRUCTION OF THESE NEOLOGISMS BETWEEN THE COGNITIVE ASSOCIATIONS FROM THEIR LITERAL TO FIGURATIVE MEANINGS IS COMPLETED THROUGH THE SELECTIVE CROSS-SPACING MAPPING FROM THE INPUT SPACE TO THE BLENDING SPACE AND SUCH DYNAMIC MAPPINGS ARE FURTHER DEVELOPED INTO A TYPE OF EMERGENT STRUCTURE VIA COMPOSITION, COMPLETION OR ELABORATION. MOREOVER, USING CONCEPTUAL BLENDING MODELS, THIS PAPER ANALYSES HOW THE TRANSLATION PROCESS OF THESE NEOLOGISMS INTO ENGLISH THROUGH THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE FOUR DIFFERENT CONCEPTUAL BLENDING RESULTS IN TERMS OF THE VARIOUS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEIR CONCEPTUAL, ASSOCIATIVE, CULTURAL MEANINGS AND CORRESPONDING LANGUAGE FORMS IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH COULD DEMONSTRATE THAT THE READERS? ACCEPTABILITY AND CROSS-CULTURAL LINGUISTIC BACKGROUND COULD