AComparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseNeologism全解.ppt

A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Neologism Outline 1.2.2 Subject Areas 1) Science and technology : degital denial、degital generation、Generic engerneering、paternity test；转基因、克隆、三维动画、安乐死、隐形眼镜 2）Politics and economy : Blackness、North/South Divide；牛市、看涨、打假、打黄、劳力市场、假冒伪劣产品 3）Environment and health : warm-house effect、Green Revolution、mad cow disease、 4）Media and computing : E-mail、knowbots、netspeak、hackers、log in、surf；闪、汗、帅锅、沙发、博客、偶、楼主 5）Lifestyle and leasure : 黄金周、选美、摩的、包二奶、粉丝、K歌、炒作；green food、brain drain(人才流失)、smart card、net worm、weight-losing medicine 1.3 Word form 1) loan words : refers to the new words borrowed from other countries to fill in lexical gaps 2) newly-coined words : means the words with new word forms 3) old words taking on new meaning : caused by semantic changes 1.4 Function of neologisms From neologism advancing in the new era, one can observe the present situation in the field of politics、economy、education and technology、environment and health、interultural communication. Thus, one can witness how it is resulted in extensive changes in peoples ideas and value concepts. Both English and Chinese are the widely used languages in the world. To let people know about the lastest development of the society is to let them know about the latest development of the language. To let people be familiar with the lastest development of the language is to let them grasp the characteristica of neologism. 2. A Contrastive Study on Origins of English and Chinese Neologism 2.1 Origins of English neologism 2.1.1 Borrowing from other languages French: preairie、entrepreneur、elan、decoupage、resume Chinese : putonghua、lishu、pinyin、linchi(灵芝)、guanxi、mahiong、yamen、kang(炕)、dimsum(点心)、family planning、Confucius Others: Spaghetti(Italian)、camel(Hebrew)、chocolate(Mexican