Title: The Dissension of the Development and the Pronunciation of Chinese Character Significance
Abstract: Changing the sound of a Chinese character to differentiate its meaning and to make new word is the striking characteristic of the Chinese words in antiquity.Three essential factors of the Chinese character shape,the sound,the meaning present close and the complex relations in the developing process.The pronunciation and the shape of Chinese character are the forms of the meaning of the word.The meanings of the word are the contents of the pronunciation and the shape of the Chinese character and the determinant strength which promote the dissension of the pronunciation and the shape of Chinese character.The differentiation of Chinese pronunciation is an important way of Chinese words development.By pronunciation dissension,there are massive homologous words,differentiated words in Chinese.It is realistic foundation of Chinese words sheng-xun(声训).
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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