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每一种语言都有一套语音系统和语义系统。一般认为语音和语义之间很少存在内在的固有的联系,它们的关系是约定俗成的(conventional and arbitrary),但在英语中却有一些词,它们的语音和语义之间是有理据的。经研究,本人认为,英语中存在着词汇语音理据(lexical pho-netic motivation)与修辞语音理据(rhetorical phoneticmotivation),前者的发音具备一定的语义功能,后者在特定的上下文中表达一定的修辞含义。
Every language has a phonetic system and semantic system. It is generally assumed that there is very little intrinsic and inherent relationship between speech and semantics. Their relationship is conventional and arbitrary. However, there are some words in English that are reasonable in their pronunciation and semantics. After research, I think there is lexical pho-netic motivation and rhetorical phonetic motivation in English. The former has certain semantic function in pronunciation, and the latter expresses some rhetorical meanings in specific contexts .