“梗”之流行义探析

The Analysis of the Catchword“ Geng(梗)”

“梗”在目前的语言交际中使用频繁,它是由本义及主要义项而衍生出的流行义。从“梗”字溯源入手探求其本义,在此基础上,分析它的义项使用与词义演变路径。进而阐释“梗”在新媒体时代下产生的流行义,并从隐喻认知理论、语音误读等角度,剖析其流行义的演变路径。“梗”类流行语借助于框填这一构词模式不断发展壮大,语言使用者能够利用固定的模式如“X梗”“梗X”创造具有新语义的“梗”类流行语,具有很强的能产性。词汇作为语言要素中最积极、活跃的部分,能动态地反映社会的变化轨迹,“梗”的新生义的出现是社会经济文化发展的必然要求与必然趋势。

The word“geng(梗)”is frequently used in today's language communication,and its representative meaning also gives rise to a large number of new popular meanings from the original meaning.First of all,this paper starts with the traceability of“geng(梗)”,and analyses the evolution path of its meaning in each dictionary.From this,it explains the popular meaning of“geng(梗)”in the new media era and its evolution path,concluding that the new popular meaning of“geng(梗)”can be produced and consolidated with the help of phonetic misreading and metaphorical cognitive thinking.In addition,the word-formation model of"Geng"catchwords continues to develop and grow with the help of boxfilled word-formation models.Language users can make use of fixed patterns such as“X geng(梗)”,“geng(梗)X”to create new semantic“geng(梗)”catchwords,so that they have a strong productivity and representativeness and that they could be quickly spread and recognized.Finally,the paper points out that vocabulary,as the most active part of language elements,can best reflect the changing track of society,and the emergence of polysemous words with“geng(梗)”as an example is the inevitable trend of social,economic and cultural development.This paper carefully combs the development and evolution of the meaning and usage of the word“geng(梗)”,probes into the derivative relationship between the semantic items in the process of the evolution of the meaning of the word,and explains the internal and external factors that promote the popularity of polysemous words similar to“geng(梗)”.