New Changes In Chinese Morphology And Syntax

Since Rosch (1978) first put forward the Prototype Theory, much research has been done on the importance of categorization, which is a vital concept of cognitive linguistics. As categorization is the beginning of human cognition, we never stop our research on this area both at home and abroad.Among many articles on language analysis via categorization theory written abroad and masterpieces about modern Chinese changes in morphology and syntax published in our country, we hardly see the combination of these two, at least as far as I read. The application of prototype-based categorization theory is confined to the synchronic level instead of the diachronic level, which is also important for testifying the prototype characteristics of semantic construction. The present paper attempts to dynamically illustrate the problems of language variation, creation and functional polysemy from the aspect of diachronic level, and to enrich the categorization theory with "decategorization theory", which was first proposed by Hopper and Thompson (1984) for explaining the dynamic category of lexicon. Later, Taylor (1989/95) mentioned a little about noun and verb decategorization, and Givon (1994) indirectly used this theory to study authenticity and subjunctives.We borrow this concept to illuminate that categorization is a dynamic process including categorization, decategorization and recategorization, consequently applied to language phenomena beyond categorization itself. This point can be taken as something theoretically new, as few people have combined these two concepts which are obviously opposite. And what's more, we are to analyze the practical phenomena (new changes in Chinese) of great significance to regulate and develop Chinese language in the face of new language forms.With the rapid development of China's economy and the frequent contact with other countries in the world, the upsurge of learning English at home comes...