认知语言学视角下的高中英语词汇教学研究
A Study of Vocabulary Teaching in Senior High School English from a Cognitive Linguistic Perspective
摘要: 本研究以认知语言学为理论视角，探讨高中英语词汇教学中的一种优化路径。针对当前课堂中较多依赖机械记忆、词义联系呈现不足的问题，本文引入概念隐喻理论与图式理论，对词汇意义的认知基础进行梳理。在此基础上，结合教材中的具体词汇与表达，分析词义如何在空间关系、路径图式及经验映射等认知机制的作用下实现延伸，并尝试将这些机制转化为课堂中较为直观的讲解方式。本文认为，在教学中适当呈现词汇意义之间的内在联系，有助于学生形成较为系统的理解框架，从而在一定程度上促进词汇的理解与运用。同时，认知化处理并不适用于所有词汇，教师需根据词汇特点与课堂实际进行选择，避免增加学习负担。总体而言，将认知语言学的相关理念融入词汇教学，有助于改进词汇呈现方式，使教学更符合学习者的理解路径。本文旨在为高中英语词汇教学提供一种可参考的思路。
Abstract: This study explores a possible approach to optimizing vocabulary teaching in senior high school English from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. In response to the current tendency to rely heavily on mechanical memorization and the insufficient presentation of semantic connections among words, this paper introduces conceptual metaphor theory and image schema theory to examine the cognitive basis of lexical meaning. On this basis, drawing on specific words and expressions from teaching materials, it analyzes how word meanings are extended through cognitive mechanisms such as spatial relations, path schemas, and experiential mappings, and attempts to transform these mechanisms into relatively intuitive classroom explanations. The study argues that appropriately presenting the internal connections among word meanings in teaching may help students form a more systematic framework of understanding, thereby facilitating vocabulary comprehension and use to some extent. At the same time, cognitive-oriented treatment is not applicable to all lexical items, and teachers need to make choices according to the characteristics of words and actual classroom needs so as to avoid increasing learners’ burden. In general, integrating relevant insights from cognitive linguistics into vocabulary teaching may help improve the way lexical knowledge is presented and make instruction more consistent with learners’ cognitive processes. This study aims to provide a possible reference for vocabulary teaching in senior high school English.
文章引用：乔羽. 认知语言学视角下的高中英语词汇教学研究[J]. 现代语言学, 2026, 14(6): 52-60. https://doi.org/10.12677/ml.2026.146498

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