【英汉词的理据比较研究】赵宏宇.pdf
MASTERS DERREE THESIS ACOMPARATIVESTUDY OF LEXICATOTIVATIONOF ENGLISHANDCHINESE AUTHOR:ZHAOHONGYU ADVISOR:PROF。CHEN LINHUA FOREIGNLNGUAGESDEPARTMENT JI.
工.Introduction Thewordmotiyat meanstoprovide withareasonorcausefordoingsomethingor taking some ction.Notivationof words refers tothereasonwhyoronwhatbasisareferent is named,om oynbolized by a certain form and the reasontkcdaccounts forthesemantic construction(f the word。
formed Karl Wihelm von Humboat,a German Linguist inthe 19th century,firstproposed the notion oftheinnecformofawordwhichissimilar tomotivation.Awordconsistsoftheouter form and the inner orm,with the forner referring tothephone*icororthographicformofaword,andwiththelattertothecrammaticalandsemantic