Conceptual Frame of Conditional Element and Its Grammatical Realization
Guo Zhong-qing · 2005
This paper attempts to account, on the basis of the theoretical model of Conceptual Frame (CF), for both the conceptual frames and their grammatical realizations of the conditional clause groups by taking compounds of clause as examples. This paper rests on the neurocognitive linguistics, raised by Lamb whose research centers on semiotic relations. CF is a theoretical model set up by Cheng Qilong on Lamb’s basis, the main function of which is to explain the linguistic system and its operation, the process of activation in linguistic and conceptual systems. This paper covers only a small part of CF, and does not represent the whole frame, with a view to analyzing the conditional compounds of clause complex tested by adequate computer program.