Research On Naming Motivation In The Chinese Liquor Class Words Of Shuowen Youbu

The motivation of word refers to reasons called a word and in accordance withsomething why we use this name. It mainly studies the relationship between words and thingsnamed features. Studying the motivation of word prevailed in the Han dynasty. Xu Shencalled confucian scholar in the《Analytical Dictionary of Characters》often revealedrelationship motivation existing between voice and meaning of a word, or revealed the nameof the source. China has a long history of wine that was well established long time ago, theliquor word producing under specific historical and cultural background has a unique themotivation of naming.This article chooses《Analytical Dictionary of Characters·you radical》as the object ofstudy, and learns from the previous research results of traditional etymology at the same timelearns from the new achievements of modern Western linguistics, and uses the method ofuniforming of character pattern、pronunciation and meaning、sememe analysis and comparingeach other proofs and so on. We carries out wine word more systematically and studies themotivation of word, at the same time summarizes its naming features and naming laws. Thisarticle is divided into four parts.The first part is the introduction. It mainly introduces the research objective、topics basedon、research method、task of Study and research significance，moreover conducts word studyon the motivation and wine word in《Analytical Dictionary of Characters you radical》.The second part is wine’s traceability and classification of wine words in《AnalyticalDictionary Of Characters·You Radical》. This part mainly studies wine words’ traceability, atthe same time sorts and classifies wine words, and explores and researches their originalmeanings.The third part analyzes the motivation of wine word. This section is the main thesis. Thisarticle fully absorbs the results of previous studies on the motivation of wine word and carriesout complement demonstration. Moreover I explore that our predecessors was not addressedabout the motivation of wine word, while I will use sememe analysis to describe the meaningof each word for proving validly.The fourth part is named argument types and naming rules. This chapter is divided threeclasses: sexuality ground, the ground of condition、instrument and method, the ground ofbehavior and status. Furthermore I sum up the characteristics of naming wine words: concreteness、culture、analogy and singleness.The fifth part is conclusion. I briefly summarize article’s results and note some shortfalls.In short, I trace the wine word in《Analytical Dictionary Of Characters You Radical》andstudy the motivation of wine word. I hope I can provide a reliable theoretical analysis ofmaterials and research practice for the study of Chinese words motivation.