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Modern Linguistics 现代语言学, 2014, 2, 165-171 Published Online November 2014 in Hans. /journal/ml /10.12677/ml.2014.24020 Interpretation of “the” Structure from Cognitive Prominence Jingyu Liu Foreign Language School, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang Email: jyliudiana@126.com th th th Received: Sep. 17 , 2014; revised: Oct. 19 , 2014; accepted: Oct. 28 , 2014 Copyright © 2014 by author and Hans Publishers Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). /licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract The definite article “the” has a wide range of usages, which is difficult to master. Based on the ap- plication of cognitive prominence to figure/ground segregation theory in language research, this paper attempts to expound the deep reasons for structures with “the” and without “the”, showing that language application is more determined by people’s experience structure. At the same time, the figure/ground segregation theory provides the enlightenment for the research on asymmetric iconicity of cognitive prominence in English and Chinese. Keywords “the” Structure, Cognitive Prominence, Figure/Ground Theory, Asymmetric Iconicity 认知突显对the结构的诠释 刘敬钰 沈阳航空航天大学外国语学院，沈阳 Email: jyliudiana@126.com 收稿日期：2014年9月17 日；修回日期：2014年10月19 日；录用日期：2014年10月28 日 摘 要 英语定冠词the用法繁多，使用中较难把握。本文利用认知突显观对图形/背景分离理论(figure/ground 165 认知突显对the 结构的诠释 segregation theory)在语言研究中的应用，试图阐释有the结构和无the结构现象的深层原因，指出语言 运用更多的是由人的经验结构决定的。同时图形/背景理论为英汉突显的非对称象似性研究提供了启示。 关键词 the结构，认知突显观，图形/背景理论，非对称象似性 1. 引言 英语语法中，定冠词the 是虚词，不能单独使用，须附在名词上说明名词的含义。《薄冰英语语法》 (2002) [1]指出the 的两个来源： “1) 定冠词the 来自一个古老的、相当于现今that 的代词。它的含义是 特指和类指。如：Th