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1、Consistency of Semantic Meaning with Structure and Context in English Writing【Abstract】Withthefurtherprogressofthesocialdevelopment,alargenumberoftalentswhoareproficientinEnglisharerequiredtomakecontributiontoourcountry.AsforcultivatingEnglishtalents,knowingthevarioussemanticmeaningwithstructureandc
2、ontextisthepriority.Inareal-worldsetting,passagesarenotshowedinisolation,butratherinacohesivemannerthatinvolvesasequenceofrelatedquestionstomeetusersinformationneeds.Thisarticleisdividedintothreeparts.ThefirstpartisLiteratureReview.Thesecondpartaimstoanalyzetheexampleswhicharerelatedtosemanticmeanin
3、gwithstructureandcontextinEnglishwritingandfindouttheexistingproblemsbasedonthem.Inthethirdpart,conclusionwillbemade.Byusingtheknowledgeofcognitivelinguisticandthroughanalysisandresearch,thisarticlehopestoprovidereferenceforlaterresearch.【Keywords】semanticmeaning;context;writing【作者簡介】李宛芯1995-,女,汉族,山
4、东烟台人,鲁东大学,学生,教育硕士,研究方向:学科教学英语。1.IntroductionWhenawordorasentenceisplacedinaspecificcontext,themeaningitexpressescanonlybeoneofvarioussemanticmeaningswithstructureandevenbecomesatemporarymeaningwhichcannotbefoundinthedictionary.Theexactmeaningofawordmustbelimitedbyitslocale.“Trytofigureoutcontextualm
5、eaningofwords.Andthesituationthatawordwithdistinctivesemanticmeaningsiscalledpolysemy.Polysemyisapivotalconceptwithindisciplinessuchasmediastudiesandlinguistics.Ithasapplicationsinpedagogyandmachinelearning,becausetheyrelyonword-sensedisambiguationandschemas.Thephenomenonofpolysemyisextremelycommoni
6、nEnglish.Manystudieshavebeenmadebyexpertsandscholars,andsomeachievementshavebeenmade.2.LiteratureReviewAccordingtoRobinson2020,CognitiveLinguisticsaninterdisciplinarybranchoflinguistics,combiningknowledgeandresearchfrombothpsychologyandlinguistics.Itdescribeshowlanguageinteractswithcognition,howlang
7、uageformsourthoughts,andtheevolutionoflanguageparallelwiththechangeinthecommonmindsetacrosstime.Webster2020holdsthattheword“cognitiveisdefinedas“of,relatingto,being,orinvolvingconsciousintellectualactivitysuchasthinking,reasoning,orremembering.Merriam-Websteralsodefineslinguisticsas“thestudyofhumans
8、peechincludingtheunits,nature,structure,andmodificationoflanguage.3.ExamplesThemeaningofawordconstitutesacategory,themeaningisnotbetweenthesamecharacteristics,butsomehowlinked.Suchas“healthybody,“healthyexercise,“healthycomplexion,“healthyhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcollocations,butthereisaconne
9、ctionbetweenthemeanings.Anotherexample,theevolutionofthemeaningoftheverb“explodeallowsustoseetherelationshipbetweenitsmeaning:1Thebombhiddeninthetrainexplodedwhenthetrainwaspullingoutofthestation.2Myfatherexplodedwithrageatthenews.3Afterthewar,thepopulationintheseareasexploded.4Hisbookexplodedthemyt
10、hofplayboyactorswithsumptuouslifestyles.Inthesentence1,“explodeisthetypicalmeaningoftheword,inacertaincontainer,thecombustionproducesalotofhigh-pressuregasandreleasedinstantly,thegasswellssharply,resultinginahugenoise.Insentence2,“explodeismappedtothetargetareaof“humanbody-thecontaineroffeelings.Ins
11、entence3,themeaningof“explosionextendsfromspacetoquantitydomain.Inthesentence4,the“bombexplosionresultingconsequencesmaptoanabstractconceptof“breaking,overthrowing,whiletheoriginalmeaningof“explosionhasbeenabandoned.4.ConclusionThereasonwhywearetryingtostudytheconsistencyofsemanticmeaningwithstructu
12、reandcontextinEnglishwritingisthatstudentswillbeabletolearnEnglishmoreeffectivelyandaccurately.Atpresent,althoughschoolsatalllevelsarebeginningtofocusonvocabularymemorizingandcontextualteaching,studentscompetencetounderstandspecificwordsorphrasesisstillinadequate,whichmakesthesemanticmeaningwithstru
13、ctureandcontextnotconsistent.Fromtheaboveresearch,wecanfindthatcontexthasanimportantinfluenceonthesemanticmeaningwithstructure,whichcannotbeisolatedfromthecontext.Weneedtotakethecontextasreferenceinordertoderivethepropertranslationofthesemanticmeaningwithstructure.References:【1】Robinson.P.2020.HandbookofCognitiveLinguisticsandSecondLanguageAcquisition.JRoutledge2:38.