“家”的语义演变及其解释

The Semantic Evolution and Interpretation of “Home”

考察语言的历史,有宏观和微观两种角度,对"家"语义演变的考察属于后者。"家"的语义演变大致分成三条线索,基本上各以一个共同义素为基础,向不同的事物延伸,并呈现出了不同程度的虚化趋势。这种现象符合许嘉璐先生对于词义演变规律的相关阐述。

The history of language can be studied from micro perspective or macro perspective. But the study of the semantic evolution of“home”is from the latter one. The semantic evolution of“home”can be roughly divided into three clues, basically each with a common semantic basis, extending to different things, and presenting the virtual tendency in different degrees. This phenomenon is consistent with the semantic evolution rules which Xu Jia-lu illustrated.