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论文定稿
TheLexicologicalandSemanticAnalysisof
ChineseandEnglishNetspeak
Author:
ChangLei
Supervisor:
FangLixia
AThesis
SubmittedasaPartialFulfillmentof
theRequirementfortheDegreeofB.A.inEnglish
SchoolofForeignStudies
FuyangTeachersCollege,AnhuiProvince
April,2011
学位论文
中英文网络语的词汇和语义分析
常磊
(学号200740210103)
指导教师姓名方丽霞职称讲师
单 位阜阳师范学院外国语学院
专业名称英语教育申请学位级别学士
学位授予单位 阜阳师范学院
2011年4月
TheLexicologicalandSemanticAnalysisof
ChineseandEnglishNetspeak
Abstract
Withthedevelopmentofinternettechnology,Netspeak,asakindoflanguagevariety,hascomeintobeing.Itprovidesabundantlinguisticmaterialsforlexicology,semantics,cognitivelinguisticsandpragmatics.TheNetspeakvocabularymaygetdifferentlooksfromthenormalone,butitobeysthegeneralrulesofwordformationwhileitshowslotsofnewcharacteristics.ThemeaningofmanyNetspeakwordsmaynotbereadbythefirstlook,butwecangettheirnovelassociativemeaningsaccordingtothesemanticrules.ThisthesistriestoanalyzetheChineseandEnglishNetspeakfromlexicologyandsemantics.Thisthesisconsistsoffourparts.Partoneistheintroduction,whichisaboutthestudyofNetspeakanditssignificance.ParttwoisabouttheformationandlexicologicalfeaturesofNetspeakvocabulary.PartthreediscussesthemeaningoftheNetspeakwords.Thelastpartofthethesisisageneralsummary.Itconcludesallthemainideasdiscussedinthebodyofthethesis,limitationsofthisstudyandexpectationoffurtherresearch.SinceNetspeakisgettingmoreandmorepopular,therelatedresearchonitwillbefurtheredaccordingly.
Keywords:
ChineseNetspeak;EnglishNetspeak;lexicologicalfeatures;associativemeaning
中英文网络语的词汇和语义分析
内容摘要
随着互联网技术的发展,网络语言,作为一种语言变体,已经形成。
它为词汇学、语义学、认知语言学和语用学提供了丰富的语言材料。
在外观上,网络词汇可能与普通词汇不一样,但网络词汇仍遵循构词的一般规律,同时也显示了许多新的特点。
网络词汇的意义可能无法第一眼就能读懂,许多网络词汇需要根据语义规则才能了解其包含的新的联想意义。
本文试图从词汇学和语义学角度分析中英文网络语言。
全文共分四个部分。
第一部分主要介绍网络语言的研究现状及研究意义。
第二部分是关于网络语词汇的形成及其词汇学特点。
第三部分论述了网络词汇的意义。
论文的最后一部分是一个普遍性的总结。
它总结了论文正文中所涉及的主要观点,这项研究的局限性和进一步研究的期望。
网络语言正在变得越来越受欢迎,因此相关的研究会得到进一步推动。
关键词:
中文网络语言;英语网络语言;词汇学特点;联想意义
TheLexicologicalandSemanticAnalysisof
ChineseandEnglishNetspeak
ThesisStatement
TheNetspeakwordsobeythegeneralrulesofwordformationwhiletheyshowlotsofnewcharacteristicsandwecangettheirnovelassociativemeaningsaccordingtothesemanticrules.
Outline
I.Introduction
II.TheWord-formationofNetspeakWords
A.TheWord-formationofEnglishNetspeakWords
1.Compounding
2.Clipping
3.Abbreviation
4.Blends
5.Derivation
6.Conversion
B.TheWord-formationofChineseNetspeakWords
1.Calque
2.Reduplicate
3.Intra-languageTransliteration
4.AbbreviationandAcronymofPinYin
5.BorrowingWords
6.NumbersandWordsofHomophones
7.RedefinitionofCommonWordsinChinese
C.TheFutureofNetspeakWords
III.TheSemanticFeaturesoftheNetspeakVocabulary
A.TheSemanticFeaturesoftheChineseNetspeakVocabulary
1.StylizedMandarin
2.StylizedDialect-accentedMandarin
3.StylizedEnglish
4.StylizedInitials
5.StylizedNumbers
B.TheSemanticFeaturesoftheEnglishNetspeakVocabulary
1.MeaningShift
2.SemanticAssociation
IV.Conclusion
TheLexicologicalandSemanticAnalysisof
ChineseandEnglishNetspeak
V.Introduction
WiththedevelopmentofInternettechnology,theInternethasbecomeoneofthemostconvenienttoolsofcommunication.TheInternetoffersusaneasyaccesstocurrentsituationsandthelatestinformationintheworld,whichinturnhasgreatlychangedourlivesinmanyaspects,especiallythewayofdailycommunication.TheInternethasbroughtaboutitsownlanguageandculture.Now,Netspeak,asanewlanguagevariety,hascomeintobeing.
SinceNetspeakisgettingmoreandmorepopular,manylinguistsandscholarshomeandabroadhaveshowedinterestinthenewchallengingfield.
NetspeakwasfirstpublishedbyMargaretMcLaughlinonJournalofCMCinJune1995.
DavidCrystal,theeditoroffamousCambridgeEncyclopediaoftheEnglishlanguage,isthefirstlinguisttowritebooksaboutlanguageandtheInternet.InhisbooksLanguageandtheInternetandTheLanguageRevolution,heintroducesusanewlinguisticworld.“NetspeakisatypeoflanguagedisplayingfeaturesthatareuniquetotheInternet,andencounteredinemail,chatgroups,virtualworldsandWorldWideWeb,arisingoutofitscharacterasamedium,whichiselectronic,global,andinteractive(Crystal18).”
TheInternetinChinahasamuchshorterlifethanthatinAmerica,sodoesthestudyofNetspeak.Inbrief,thestudyofNetspeakinChinacanbedividedintotwostagesaccordingtotheirresearchfield:
Firstly,itisaboutthecollectionofChineseNetspeakwords.Severaldictionarieswerepublishedatthisstage:
NetspeakDictionaryofChinacompiledbyYuGengyuan—awell-knownlinguistinChinain2001,whichexertsgreatlinguisticinfluence;PracticalNetspeakwordswascompiledbyWangXiaoweiin2001.ThatallthedictionariesshareistheyjustcollecttheNetspeakwordsoftenusedontheInternet.
Secondly,alotofscholarsandstudentsinChinawrotebooksandpapersonNetspeak.ProfessorYuGengyuanfromBeijingBroadcastingInstituteconductedasystematicanalysisofthenotion,generalfeaturesandlexicalfeaturesofChineseNetspeakinhisfundamentalworkstitledAnIntroductiontoNetspeak,andhealsomadeacomparativestudyonNetspeakandtraditionallanguage.
Theoretically,thethesisissupposedtohelptoprovetheexplanatorypowerofthelexicology,semanticsandtobetterunderstandmoreaboutthedevelopmentaltendencyofthenewlinguisticphenomenon—Netspeak.Practically,thisthesiswillhelpnewusersandEnglishlearnerstounderstandNetspeakbetter,reachfurthercomprehensionofthenewformoflanguageandaddressmoresuccessfulcommunicationontheInternet.
VI.TheWord-formationofNetspeakWords
WordsarethebasicunitsofalanguageandtheuniquefeaturesofNetspeakarefoundmainlyinthevocabulary.So,itisnaturaltofirstlystudytheNetspeakwords,whicharecharacterizedbychangesinspellingandwidespreaduseofacronymsandabbreviations.That’sbecausetheycanfacilitatethecommunicationaswellastosoundcolloquial.InformalityisatypicalfeatureofNetspeak.TheNetspeakwordsarecreatedprimarilybyaffixation,blendingandcompounding.SomeotherproductivewaysofcreatingnewwordsinNetspeakarechangesofwordmeaning,wordclassandnumbers.NetspeakwordsreflectthetrendtowardstheeconomizationoflanguageuseandshowthecharacteristicsofplayfulnessandoriginalityoftheInternetusers.
Inthischapter,thedifferentprocessesthattakeplaceinwordformationinbothChineseandEnglishwillbebrieflydescribed.ThenthefutureoftheNetspeakwillbepresented.
A.TheWord-formationofEnglishNetspeakWords
Asweknow,theInternethasagreatimpactontheEnglishwords.Alargenumberofthesenewtermsarestructurallyinnovativeormetaphorical.DavidCrystal(112)expresseshisopiniononNetspeakvocabularyinhispreface:
“Neologismswillnotgoaway…theyarenotreallyneworstrangeatall.Eventheweirdestneologismsarebasedonasmallsetofestablishedprinciples.”
1.Compounding
“Compoundingisakindofword-formationprocesswhichconsistsofjoiningtwoormorebasestoformanewunit,acompoundword(陆国强45).”Compoundsarefrequentlyusedinformingnewwordsbecauseoftheirbrevityandvividness.
IntheNetspeak,therearealsosomewordsthatcanbecombinedwithmanyotherwords,suchas:
click:
leftclick,rightclick,one-click,double-click,click-and-buy;
hot:
hotspot,hotlist,hotlink,Hotmail;
net:
netnews,hypernet,netlag,usenet,Netspeak;
ware:
software,hardwareshareware,groupware,freeware;
web:
webmail,webcam,webcast,webmaster.
Generallyspeaking,themeaningofacompoundisgotfromthecombinedlexicalmeaningsofitscomponentwords.Andthelexicalmeaningsofthecomponentsarejoinedtogethertocreateacompoundwithameaningthatonecaneasilyrecognize.OntheInternet,onecantellwhatthecompoundmeansbythewordbasesitcontainsatmosttime,butthemeaningofthecompoundNetspeakwordscanonlybeunderstoodbythenetizens.
E.g.:
addressbook=address+book(abookrecordingthelocationonthenet);
bandwidth=band+width(thecapacityofanelectroniccommunicationsystemtotransferdata);
chatroom=chat+room(afictitiousroomfornetizenstotalkwitheachother);
download=down+load(totransferdataorprogramsfromacentralcomputertoaperipheralcomputerordevice);
hotwired=hot+wired(thehighrateofclicking);
Netspeak=net+speak(languageontheNet);
online=on+line(connectedtotheNet);
point-and-click=point+and+click(theactionofclickingthemouse).
2.Clipping
Somewordsareshortenedbythenetizensforefficiency.Whenpartofthewordisremovedfromtheremainingform,clippingoccurs.“Theprocessofclippinginvolvesthedeletionofoneormoresyllablesfromaword(usuallyanoun),whichisalsoavailableinitsfullforms(程鹃37).”Therapidtransmissionofinformationishighlyneededwiththequickrhythmofmodernlife.Clippingwordsjustmeetthisdemand,especiallyontheInternet.TheNetspeakwordscoinedbyclippingcanfallintothefollowingthreetypes:
1)Frontclipping
Infrontclipping,thedeletionoccursattheword-head.Forexample:
Blog=weblog
Bot=robot
Net=Internet
Site=website
2)Backclipping
Inbackclipping,thedeletionoccursatthewordending,whichisthemostcommontypeofclippingintheEnglishwordsincludingtheNetspeakones.Examplesare:
Apps=applications
Com=commerce
Nick=nickname
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