ABSTRACT

This article investigates the noun and adjective scent lexicon in Old English and provides a Cognitive Linguistic analysis of the conceptualisation of scent. The closely related modality of taste is also taken into consideration, and it is claimed that while both modalities are associated with emotive evaluation, olfaction is distinct from taste in that it lacks any degree of detailed lexical coding. Though the nature of olfactory and gustatory conceptualisation may result from universal properties of sense perception, cultural factors, including the role of medical and religious cultural world views are also taken into consideration. This article puts forward an account of scent in terms of conceptual metaphor, image schemas, and prototype categories.

摘要

本文研究了古英语中的名词和形容词气味词典，并对气味的概念化提供了认知语言学分析。密切相关的味觉模态也被考虑在内，并且据称，虽然两种模态都与情感评估相关，但嗅觉与味觉不同，因为它缺乏任何程度的详细词汇编码。尽管嗅觉和味觉概念化的本质可能源于感官知觉的普遍属性，但文化因素，包括医学和宗教文化世界观的作用也被考虑在内。本文从概念隐喻、图像图式和原型范畴方面对气味进行了阐述。