Chinese vocabulary - (Reorganized edition)

Author: Sun Changxu / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book is guided by Marxist linguistic theory and focuses on modern Chinese lexical items as the primary research subject. It discusses some major issues and general patterns of Chinese vocabulary from both theoretical and practical perspectives, covering three aspects: "Word," "Vocabulary and Basic Vocabulary," and "Vocabulary Sound Change." The first part examines the nature, structure, meaning, and word formation of Chinese words. The first half of the second part provides a comprehensive overview of the nature of modern Chinese vocabulary and its relationship and differences with ancient Chinese vocabulary. It also explains the relative relationships among homophones, polysemes, synonyms, near-synonyms, and antonyms in the lexicon, separately describing dialectal vocabulary, specialized vocabulary, jargon, and foreign vocabulary. The second half elaborates on the nature of basic vocabulary, modern Chinese basic vocabulary, and the accumulation, inheritance, and development of Chinese basic vocabulary. The third part discusses the phonological change of Chinese word formation and the phonological change of spoken language.