Lexical Study Of Yang Xiong Ji

The thesis examines the vocabulary of Yang Xiong Ji in late Western Han Dynasty and it is a study on lexis of special works in the history of Chinese language.This thesis is divided into six chapters. Chapter one, Introduction, reviews the current situation about the research of Han Dynasty vocabulary since the 20th century, and points out its existing problems. Then introduces collations and studies about Yang Xiong Ji, and explains the value and the method of the study in the thesis, the difference between disyllabic and polysyllabic words and phrases.Chapter two, Study on disyllabic and polysyllabic words in Yang Xiong Ji, firstly introduces the general distribution of disyllabic and polysyllabic words. Then makes a in-depth study on single-morpheme disyllabic and polysyllabic words, coordinative compounds, subordinate compounds, and other kind of disyllabic and polysyllabic words. At last, the thesis compares Yang Xiong Ji with some critical documents chronologically from the era before Qin Dynasty to the South and North Dynasties. In this way, it has detailedly studied the development of word-building and makes clear the significance of disyllabic and polysyllabic words in Yang Xiong Ji in the history of the Chinese language, which shows the developing tendency of disyllabic and polysyllabic words in Chinese language.Chapter three, Research on new words and new meanings in Yang Xiong Ji, firstly discusses how to judge new words and meanings, and then investigates new words and meanings in Yang Xiong Ji in the history of the Chinese vocabulary.Chapter four, Study on idioms in Yang Xiong Ji, analyzes the origins of those idioms and clarifies their forming ways and grammatical structures.Chapter five expounds the significance of studies on vocabulary in Yang Xiong Ji to revisions of large Chinese dictionaries from five aspects, including supplement of words, revision of explanation, supplement of explanation, documented evidence ahead of time and supplement of documented evidence.Chapter six explains and distinguishes dozens of words and expressions which are difficult to understand in Yang Xiong Ji.