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Study Of The Development Of The Verbs In Cooking Semantic Field

Posted on:2009-09-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360242488491Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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In this issue, we select "cooking" kind vocabulary as the object of study, to explore "cooking" semantic field's evolvementt in history.The full text is divided into five major parts, the introduction introduces studying current situation of the relevant subjects in the homeland, the significance of the topic selecting, and research method, researching material and so on; Part II we statistic and describ "cooking" semantic field's members static distribution condition in representing documents in each period; Part III we analyse every member's development in "cooking" semantic field: (1) the usage of the old words and their subduction process; (2) old words' inheriting and developing condition; (3) new words' creating and their usage; Part IV, on the basis that verb evolution inspecting to "cooking" semantic field, we sums up evolution characteristic and its law in developing; Part V we try to probe into to the causes which cause "cooking" semantic field verb's evolution; Part VI is conclusion.In our resaerch, we think that "cooking" semantic field is a alterability and invariability coexistence synthesis in the process of evolution; In the process of melting into complex tone, because of its speciality, the "cooking" semantic field verbs is comparatively slow in the process of melting into complex tone; The unbalance of the lower fields in the semantic field's development is comparatively obvious. But, the cause leading to these evolution characteristics mainly comes from the affecting of the social environment and the economy principle in adjusting mechanism inside of vocabulary system.
Keywords/Search Tags:Cooking, Semantic field, diachronic, study of evolvement
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