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1、THESTUDYONTHESEMANTICCHANGEOFTHEVISIONVERBSEEFROMTHEPERSPECTIVEOFGRAMMATICALIZATIONByGaoLinglingUnderthesupervisionofProf.ZhangMingAthesisSubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtstotheSchoolofForeignStudiesAnhuiUniversityApril2008iiAcknowledgementsMysincereg
2、ratitudegoesfirsttoProfessorZhangMing,myM.A.supervisor,whohas,overthepastyears,providedmewithconstantsupervisionandencouragement,andinspiredmewithenthusiasmtocarrythroughthisthesisbymeansofhisinstructivecommentsandvaluablesuggestions.IwouldalsoliketoextendmythankstoalltheteachersintheScho
3、olofForeignStudies,AnhuiUniversity.TheyareProf.HuaQuankun,Prof.HongZengliu,Prof.ChenZhengfa,Prof.ZhuYue,Prof.ZhouFangzhu,Prof.TianDebei,Prof.ZhuXiaomei,andDr.HuJian.Ihavebenefitedalotfromtheirlectures.Lastbutnotleast,Iamdeeplyindebtedtomyparents,whohavedoneanythingpossibletoensuremeasound
4、writingenvironmentandofferedmeenlighteninginstructionsinworkingonthisthesis.Noneofthemisresponsibleforanyshortcomings;Iammyselfresponsibleforanymistakesinthisthesis.iAbstractHumanbeingsexperienceandcognizetheworldbysensesofperceptionandperceptionverbsaremostfrequently-usedbasicwords.Lingu
5、isticresearchesrevealthatthemoreawordisused,themorepossibleforittoundergosemanticchange,thusmanylinguistsinthisaspecttendtostudyperceptionverbs,especiallythevisionverbstoexplorethelawsandmechanismsofsemanticchange.ThepresentpaperchoosesSEEasthetargettostudy.ButpreviousstudiesuponSEEathome
6、andabroadjustcovertwoaspectsofitsmeaningrangingfromphysicaldomainmeaning“perceivewitheyes”tomentaldomainmeaning“understand”orevenmoreto“mentallyperceivewithatimeoraplaceasitssubject”,whichjustconstitutepartofsemanticchangeforSEE;themostpopularexplanatorytheoryisSweester‟smetaphor“Mind-as-
7、Body”,butherresearchseemstobepureintrospectionandlacksempiricalsupportandthusnotsoconvincing.Asamatteroffact,thecurrentmeaningsofSEEhavealsoincludedconjunctionSEEING,discoursemarkerYOUSEE,andthentheprocessofSEE‟ssemanticchangeconformstotherouteofgrammaticalizationwh