The generalization of stock terms is a modern language phenomenon in recent years. Some stock terms, such as "Lihao", "Taolao", enter the other areas because of its generalization. The generalized terms has a feature of hollowness and metaphor. The interior distributing of the generalization can open out characters of different ranks of stock terms. The generalization of terms lies in internal and external causes. The generalized terms show such features in the semantic, pragmatic and rhetoric aspects.
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