Lexicographic Archaeology Of Modern Chinese Dictionaries

Both the Mandarin Dictionary and the Modern Chinese Dictionary occupy important positions in the history of Chinese dictionaries and both are important nodes in the genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries.Because of their internal connection,Mandarin Dictionary and Modern Chinese Dictionary formed a branch of the entire external genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries.Due to its timely and uninterrupted revise,the Modern Chinese Dictionary has formed an internal genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries composed of its various versions.From the perspective of lexicography,the lexicographic archaeology,which based on the comparison methods of dictionary,can explore the development of dictionary compilation principles and methods in genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries by comparing the entries,senses and definitions of the same group of research objects in different dictionaries of a same genealogy.From the perspective of lexicology,dictionaries,as normative language materials,can record the basic features of the words at the time of compilation.The lexicographic archaeology on modern Chinese dictionaries can also reflect the changes in the meaning and usage of the words that have occurred over time.The present paper takes disyllabic multi-category verbs as closed domain,and takes Mandarin Dictionary,the trial edition,first edition,fifth edition and seventh edition of Modern Chinese Dictionary,in total five dictionaries,as the research objects to explore the changes and the development of compilation principles and methods of entries,senses and definitions,as well as the changes and development of disyllabic multi-category verbs itself.It also explores the status of Mandarin Dictionary and Modern Chinese Dictionary in the genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries.The present paper mainly includes the following five parts.The first part is introduction;in this part,the present paper mainly explains the research background of the article,the selection and definition of the research object,the summary of the relevant research,and the value and significance of the research.The second part is the lexicographic archaeology on the entries of modern Chinese dictionaries.Quantitative statistics have been carried out on the entries receiving and setting condition of disyllabic multi-category verbs in the internal genealogy of Modern Chinese Dictionary and the external genealogy of Mandarin Dictionary & Modern Chinese Dictionary,to explore the development of the entries receiving and setting in the genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries.The third part is the lexicographic archaeology on the senses of modern Chinese dictionaries.The paper makes a quantitative analysis on the setting of senses for disyllabic multi-category verbs in the internal genealogy of Modern Chinese Dictionary and the external genealogy of Mandarin Dictionary & Modern Chinese Dictionary to explore the development of the senses’ setting in the genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries,as well as the development of disyllabic multi-category verbs itself,the quantitative statistics have been carried out from two aspects,the number and the part of speech of the senses.The fourth part is the lexicographic archaeology on the definitions of modern Chinese dictionaries.The present paper analyzes the definitions of disyllabic multi-category verbs in the internal genealogy of Modern Chinese Dictionary and the external genealogy of Mandarin Dictionary & Modern Chinese Dictionary from three aspects,which includes the composition,organization and expression characteristics of the definitions,to explore the changes and development of the elements,methods and style of the definitions in the genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries.The fifth part is the conclusion of the lexicographic archaeology on modern Chinese dictionaries.The present paper clarifies the development of the compilation principles and methods of entries,senses and definitions in the genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries,summaries the lexicographic archaeology on modern Chinese dictionaries from the internal genealogy and external genealogy,points out the direction of further improvement at the same time.The conclusion of the present paper can provide some references for the construction of the whole genealogy of modern Chinese dictionaries and the compilation and revision of dictionaries.The language materials extracted from the five dictionaries can also be used in the lexicological research on the ontology of disyllabic multi-category verbs.