从英汉对比语言学角度,violin与guitar的用法辨析可从以下维度展开:
一、乐器分类特征
1. 演奏方式标记性
violin作为"弓弦乐器"(bowed string instrument),其演奏动词固定搭配为"play the violin with a bow"(用琴弓演奏),而guitar作为"拨弦乐器"(plucked string instrument)则使用"strum/pick the guitar"(拨弹吉他)
二、文化伴随意义
1. 艺术形象差异
violin在英语中常与"classical elegance"(古典优雅)形成语义韵(semantic prosod ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_family violin family].
A violinist.
To play on, or as if on, a violin.
A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
a stringed musical instrument, with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.
A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.
A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, - played upon with the fingers.
A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_family violin family].
A violinist.
To play on, or as if on, a violin.
A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
a stringed musical instrument, with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.
A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.
A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, - played upon with the fingers.