认知语言学认为语义就是意象的形成过程,它来自于认知者对客观世界的体验。认知者对同一事物的认知会因为不同的交际意图而有所差异:选用不同的图形和背景。本文认为:在同一事件范畴内对图形和背景的不同选择是英汉名转动词的理据。 Cognitive linguistics believes that semantics is the process of image formation. It comes from the cognizant experience of the objective world. The cognition of the same thing by the cognizant will be different because of different communicative intentions: use different figures and backgrounds. This article argues that the different choices of graphics and background in the same event category are the basis for the English-Chinese name rotation.