“五四”前民间话语的分析与考察

Analysis and Investigation of Folk Discourse Before the May 4 th

在“五四”前的中国社会,“民间”的意蕴多义而复杂。从语法语义层面上讲,民间是一个典型的汉语词汇,由实词“民”和虚词“间”意合而成;从社会历史层面上讲,民间具有极其强烈的功能指向和实用色彩。通过本文的分析和考察,我们发现:民间的所指不甚明确而能指无限丰富,其话语言说具有巨大的阐释空间,是我们审视和解读“五四”前中国社会的重要研究视角。

Before the May 4th In China,the meaning of folk is with multi-meaning and complex.From the view of semantics and grammar,folk is a typical Chinese vocabulary,which is formed by the combination of the notional word“people”and the function word“between”.From the view of social history,folk has a very strong functional direction and practical color.Through the analysis and investigation of this article,we find that the signified of folk is not very clear but the signifier is infinitely rich,and its discourse has a huge space for interpretation.It is an important research perspective for us to examine and interpret the Chinese society before the May 4th.