Abstract The central point of discussion is how idiom motivation is reflected in the Conventional Figurative Language Theory. Most lexical units are motivated to a certain extent, i.e. they point to their actual meaning via the meanings of their parts, either parts of their structure or of their conceptual basis. Several types of motivation can be distinguished in the field of phraseology. Apart from the quite small number of idioms where no comprehensible link can be found between the literal reading and the figurative meaning that would allow for a meaningful interpretation of a given expression, all other idioms have to be considered transparent or motivated. Idioms form a very heterogeneous domain in terms of motivation. There are levels of motivation and semantic predictability both from the perspective of a speaker and from the perspective of the semantic structure of a given unit. In this paper, we present a typology of motivation that captures all types of transparent idioms. The typology of idiom motivation connects our theory to the Cognitive Theory of Metaphor and to the Construction Grammar approaches.

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传统比喻语言理论与习语动机

摘要讨论的中心点是习语动机如何在传统的比喻语言理论中得到体现。大多数词汇单元在一定程度上受到激励，即它们通过其部分，结构的一部分或概念基础的含义来指向其实际含义。在用语领域可以区分几种动机。除了数量很少的成语外，在直译和比喻意义之间找不到可理解的联系，这些联系可以对给定的表达方式进行有意义的解释，所有其他成语都必须被认为是透明的或有动机的。就动机而言，习语形成了非常不同的领域。从说话者的角度和给定单位的语义结构的角度来看，动机和语义可预测性都有一定程度。在本文中，我们提出了一种动机类型学，它涵盖了所有类型的透明习语。习语动机的类型学将我们的理论与隐喻的认知理论以及建构语法方法联系起来。