1st Edition

Modern Chinese Lexicology

By Ge Benyi Copyright 2018
242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Centring on "words" which connect vocabulary and semantic morphemes, this book makes a systemic and in-depth analysis on the study of modern Chinese lexicology. Firstly, it clarifies the definitions and properties of vocabulary, words and semantic morphemes in Chinese. Then the structure forms of Chinese words are examined. It is worth noting that this research is one of the first to... Read more

Preface to the Third Chinese Edition.  Preface to the First Chinese Edition.  Preface to the Revised Chinese Edition.  Chapter One Vocabulary Revisited.  Chapter Two Words and Semantic Morphemes.  Chapter Three The Emergence and Structural Forms of Words.  Chapter Four Word Meaning.  Chapter Five Word Meaning Clustering.  Chapter Six The Evolution of Word Meaning and Its Laws.  Chapter Seven Exploring the Dynamic Form of Vocabulary

Biography

Ge Benyi is professor and Ph. D supervisor of Chinese Linguistics at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Shandong University. She is mainly engaged in the teaching and research of Chinese linguistics with a special preference for Chinese lexicology.