汉语词汇词义可变性初探

On the Changeability of Chinese Meanings

本文对汉语词汇词义的可变性进行初探,试分析了汉语词义的几种变化形式。研究发现词义变化的本质可分为三类,即词义缩减、词义增加及词义转换。影响词义可变性的因素主要有汉文化自身发展、外来文化引进及语言载体群的选择倾向。

This paper analyzes several changing forms of semantic changes of Chinese words. Essentially,there are three kinds of semantic changes: semantic reduction,semantic addition and semantic transformation,which are influenced mainly by the development of Chinese,introduction of foreign cultures and option of language carriers.