当代汉语新义词研究——从《现代汉语词典》2005年版看近十年新义词的特点汉语言文字学专业论文.docx

Abstract Abstract II II Abstract Since 1990s, China’s reform has stepped into a new phase. The soaring development of politics, economy, and culture has stimulated the development of Chinese language. There have appeared a large number of words used with new meanings, that is, words that retain their original meanings now produce more connotations. By way of comparison and contrast between Modern Chinese Dictionary, 2005 edition and 1996 edition, the writer of this paper has collected 350 words and used the method of combination of quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis to reveal the rules of the words used with new meanings and provide references for further study of the development and changing of word meanings. This paper has made a quantitative analysis in vocabulary patterns, syllables, part of speech and origin of the 350 words. It has also made an approach to how these words come into being and analyzed their historical features by them. Jargon extensively used with new meanings, dialects used with new meanings,loan words used with new meanings are the historical features of the development of word meanings in the last decade. Among the contemporary words with new meanings two-syllable words are the majority while one-syllable words, three-syllable words and four-syllable words are the minority. So far as the part of speech is concerned, the number of nouns and verbs is roughly equal and multicategory words are common. Concerning the origin of the new meanings, there are three kinds: words used with new meanings referring to a new thing ,substitutive words used with new meanings referring to the same thing and words used with new meanings because of change of their part of speech. The second kind constitutes the majority. The way to produce words with new meanings can be divided into two kinds: rhetorically -derived and non-rhetorical derived. Rhetorically–derived way includes metaphor, personification, transferred epithet and euphemism. Non-rhe