认知范畴与范畴化

Cognitive Category and Categorization

  • 摘要: 人们对事物分类的心理过程即范畴化过程,其结果即认知范畴。范畴化是人类对世界万物进行分类的一种高级认知活动,在此基础上人类才具有了形成概念的能力,才有了语言符号的意义。概念的形成以认知范畴为基础,概念是词义的基础,词义是概念在语言中的表现形式,词又通过概念来反映世界上的事物和现象。人们通过概念化能力构成了概念体系,从而决定了语言的意义,因此,语义不是客观存在于我们的思维以外,而是客观现实和认知能力共同作用的结果。

     

    Abstract: Categorization is a mental process to endow a structure onto an object in the world and a basic competence of human behavior and language.The mental process of classification is in fact the process of categorization.Human conceptualizing competence and meaning of linguistic symbols are based upon categorization.Linguistic meaning is decided by conceptual systems formed by conceptualization.Semantics is not independent of human thinking but a result of the interaction between objective reality and cognitive ...

     

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