Title: Analysis on the Meaning of Auxiliary Words of Description "Zhuang/Yang/Shi/Xing/Xiang"
Abstract: In Contemporary Chinese,Zhuang/Yang/Shi/Xing/Xiang are being used more and more frequently and widely.Besides,the location of words-building and the function of words-combination are being fixed.Their morphemic meaning are so gradually empty and general that the five words come to have a growing tendency of affixation,which are becoming a group of emerging words to describe appearances,features and so on,they are also called auxiliary words of description.By summing up the results of previous studies and collecting current corpuses,we try to further study them by means of sememe analysis and comparative method.These five words,in accordance with the description meaning,can be used to describe the typical appearances and vivid modal shapes.However,their semantic features are different,so they have different emphases on expression of meaning.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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