中国河流名称探析

IF 0.9 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Names-A Journal of Onomastics Pub Date : 2023-03-14 DOI:10.5195/names.2023.2410

Yuan Sun, Xiangyong Jiang

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摘要

作为地名的一种，水循环地名反映了人们对水体的感知、理解和沉思。本研究利用权威地名录收集的数据，将分布在中国大陆的189条主要河流的名称分为七类，以推断中国河流命名的一般规则。结果表明，描述性名称所占比例最大。基于本研究的研究结果，本文还讨论了中国河流命名中涉及的复杂认知过程，包括概念转喻、概念隐喻和概念融合。具体来说，基于接近和突出的原则，最常用的转喻类型是：河流的位置、河流的财产、河流的人、河流的事件和河流的功能。正如这项研究所表明的那样，中国的河流命名并不是任意的，而是非常积极的。

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Exploration of River Names in China

As a subtype of toponym, hydronyms reflect people’s perception, understanding, and contemplation of waterbodies. With data collected from authoritative gazetteers, this study classifies the names of 189 major rivers distributed across Mainland China into seven categories to extrapolate general rules governing river-naming in China. The results show that descriptive names comprise the biggest share. Based on this study’s research findings, this article also discusses the complex cognitive processes, including conceptual metonymy, conceptual metaphor, and conceptual blending involved in river-naming in China. Specifically, based on the principles of proximity and prominence, the most frequently employed types were the following metonymies: PLACE FOR RIVER, PROPERTY FOR RIVER, PERSON FOR RIVER, EVENT FOR RIVER, and FUNCTION FOR RIVER. As this research shows, river naming in China is not arbitrary, but highly motivated.

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Names-A Journal of Onomastics Multiple-

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

50.00%

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期刊介绍： Names, the journal of the American Name Society, is one of the world"s leading journals in the study of onomastics. Since the first issue in 1952, this quarterly journal has published hundreds of articles, reviews, and notes, seeking to find out what really is in a name, and to investigate cultural insights, settlement history, and linguistic characteristics revealed in names. Individuals subscribing to Names automatically become members of the American Name Society and receive the journal as part of their membership.