关键词: 地图符号结构, 意象图式, 意象图式表达, 隐喻视角, 认知实验

Abstract:

With the continuous development of computer technology, the purpose of map is more and more diverse, and the demand of map automation is increasingly high. As an important part of map, the automatic generation of symbols is also improved. Many researchers, including Jia Fenli, Tian Jiangpeng, and Peng Keman, have connected the symbol design with the semantic analysis based on the analogy between map symbols and natural language; proposed the concept of symbol-morpheme and associated it with the symbolic structures; and then realized the automatic generation of symbols on computer. However, the creation of symbol-morpheme combination and the reason behind this combination is still lack of good theoretical support and explanation. In order to solidify the theoretical basis of map symbol structure, this paper introduces the concept of image schema, and puts forward the theory of map symbol structure generation based on image schema. Through analyzing the cognitive mechanism of geographical entities, this paper illustrates the basic function of the image schema in forming the concepts of geographical entities and mental space. Secondly, the types of image schema used to represent the geographical entities are summarized and seven most basic image schema types are obtained. Finally, we summarize the graphic structure expression and the parametric description of each image schema by studying the relationship between the topological relationship and the image schema. In order to verify the correctness and the scientific nature of the theory for map symbol structure generation based on image schema, we conducted two experiments in this paper. The results of the experiments prove that the image schema plays a decisive role in the generation of map symbols and gives a good cognitive effect for the generated map symbols based on image schema.

Key words: map symbol structure, image schema, expression of image schema, metaphor perspective, cognitive experiment