模因论视角下“××人”流行原因探析——以“打工人”等词为例

Analysis of the Reason for the Popularity of“-Man”from the Perspective of Memetics--A Case Study of“Labor Man”and Other Words

2020年“打工人”成为年度网络热词,伴随而来的是“××人”词语模式的走红,在此结构下网民创造了大量新词,如“干饭人”“工具人”等。模因论是阐释文化进化规律的理论,将这一理论应用到语言学领域可以解释语言传播规律。文章认为“××人”模式之所以能够创造大量新词,一方面在于其模式符合模因规律,另一方面在于“-人”的类词缀化发展,两者共同作用使之具有便于复制的高能产性。

Along with“labor man”,one of the annual top words in 2020,comes the popularity of word structure“-man”,with which a large number of new words were coined,such as“rice man”,“tool man”.Memetic is the theory that explains the law of cultural evolution.Language meme explains the law of language transmission.It is believed that word structure“-man”could create a large number of new words because of its conformity to the law of memetic on the one hand,and the quasiaffix development of“-man”on the other hand.The combination of the two makes it easy to replicate.