This paper aims to find out the effect of using the conceptual blending theory to understand the meaning construction of newly coined Chinese words and phrases such as internet catchwords.Through illustration of some ...This paper aims to find out the effect of using the conceptual blending theory to understand the meaning construction of newly coined Chinese words and phrases such as internet catchwords.Through illustration of some examples,it is found that the conceptual blending theory is applicable in explaining Chinese linguistic phenomena and it offers us a new perspective to understand new linguistic phenomena in Chinese.展开更多
Karel Capek,a Czech writer coined the term"robot",or rather made it popular.He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word"robot",which first ap-peared in his.play R.U.R.(Ros...Karel Capek,a Czech writer coined the term"robot",or rather made it popular.He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word"robot",which first ap-peared in his.play R.U.R.(Rossums Universal Robots)in 1920.The true inventor of the term robotwas Kares brother Josefapek.The word robot comes from the word robota meaning"drudgery""work of a展开更多
The paper is entitled“Coinage in Akan Among Senior High School Students”.It aims to investigate coinage used by senior high school students.This paper also investigates other word formation processes involved in coi...The paper is entitled“Coinage in Akan Among Senior High School Students”.It aims to investigate coinage used by senior high school students.This paper also investigates other word formation processes involved in coined words and the reasons why the students use them in their everyday conversation.The collected data from direct elicitation and interviews were categorized into the types of coined words and analyzed in terms of their formation processes by using a method of analysis based on theories as proposed by Yule(1985),Potter(1975),O’Grady and Guzman(1996),and Gerber(1968).The findings show that there are 10 groups of word formation processes in this study.This paper presents a qualitative analysis of the findings of a sociolinguistic survey geared towards coinage as used by students of both Osei Tutu Senior High School and Bisease Community/Senior High School speech communities.It is also imperative to state that these two schools are located in typical Akan speaking communities.Osei Tutu Senior High School,situated in Akropong,in the Ashanti region of Ghana,is a single sex school(boys’school)and Bisease Community/Senior High School on the other hand is situated in Ajumako-Bisease in the central region.The latter is a mixed school.展开更多
文摘This paper aims to find out the effect of using the conceptual blending theory to understand the meaning construction of newly coined Chinese words and phrases such as internet catchwords.Through illustration of some examples,it is found that the conceptual blending theory is applicable in explaining Chinese linguistic phenomena and it offers us a new perspective to understand new linguistic phenomena in Chinese.
文摘Karel Capek,a Czech writer coined the term"robot",or rather made it popular.He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word"robot",which first ap-peared in his.play R.U.R.(Rossums Universal Robots)in 1920.The true inventor of the term robotwas Kares brother Josefapek.The word robot comes from the word robota meaning"drudgery""work of a
文摘The paper is entitled“Coinage in Akan Among Senior High School Students”.It aims to investigate coinage used by senior high school students.This paper also investigates other word formation processes involved in coined words and the reasons why the students use them in their everyday conversation.The collected data from direct elicitation and interviews were categorized into the types of coined words and analyzed in terms of their formation processes by using a method of analysis based on theories as proposed by Yule(1985),Potter(1975),O’Grady and Guzman(1996),and Gerber(1968).The findings show that there are 10 groups of word formation processes in this study.This paper presents a qualitative analysis of the findings of a sociolinguistic survey geared towards coinage as used by students of both Osei Tutu Senior High School and Bisease Community/Senior High School speech communities.It is also imperative to state that these two schools are located in typical Akan speaking communities.Osei Tutu Senior High School,situated in Akropong,in the Ashanti region of Ghana,is a single sex school(boys’school)and Bisease Community/Senior High School on the other hand is situated in Ajumako-Bisease in the central region.The latter is a mixed school.
