The thesis first introduces the main cognitive theories such as figure-ground theory, image schema and conceptual metaphor.
本文介绍了认知语言学中的主要理论模式,即图形-背景、意象图式、概念隐喻。
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The principle of figure-ground segregation is one of the basic cognitive principles, it can be applied to language as well.
图形-背景理论起源于心理学,后来主要用于对语言结构的研究,是语言认知原则。
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Figure-ground theory derives from psychology and is used by cognitive linguists to analyze the meaning of linguistic structures, that of prepositions in particular.