语法化是有具体意义的语言形式转变为有语法意义和功能的语言形式的过程,在所有的词语中,经常使用的词汇往往具有更高的语法化倾向。人们最常用的词语之一是视觉动词。针对视觉动词语法化研究,本文选取英语中的视觉动词SEE作为个案,在事件认知模型的基础上,探索语法化过程中视觉动词SEE在语义方面发生的变化。 Grammaticalization is the process of transforming a formally meaningful language form into a linguistic form with grammatical meaning and function. Of all the words, frequently used words tend to have a higher tendency toward grammaticalization. One of the most common words people use is visual verbs. In view of the research of visual verb grammar, this paper chooses the visual verb SEE as a case in English, and on the basis of event cognition model, explores the semantic change of the visual verb SEE in the process of grammaticalization.