Comparative Study Of China And South Korea Lateral Position Of The Word Concept

This thesis mainly investigates the diachronic evolution of Chinese and South Korean lateral concept words of locality’left/right/side/edge’,’(?)’, and also conducts a comparative analysis on their similarities and differences in spatial meaning, syntactic distribution and metaphorical meaning in the synchr onic level.Based on the previous research and the existing data in China and South Kor ea, this thesis elaborates the historical evolution of Chinese and South Korean la teral concept words of locality through the analysis of their changes in shapes a nd meaning. Through the study we can find their evolution has certain rules.Through the specific analysis of their meaning, we can find that, firstly, Chine se lateral concept words of locality are more abundant than South Korean conce pt words of locality. Secondly,’左/右’reflect symmetry and asymmetry in for m and meaning.’(?)’generally reflect symmetry, But’(?)’wh at are affected by’左/右’reflect symmetry and asymmetry. Thirdly, the meani ng of evolution has certain rules. Fourthly, there is also great difference in meta phorical meaning.Through the specific analysis of the Chinese and South Korean database exam ple, this thesis conducts a comparative analysis on their similarities and differenc es in syntactic distribution. We find that although the difference in spatial meani ng is not that noticeable, there is great difference in syntactic distribution in the specific sentences. When combined with other components in the sentences, Chin ese lateral concept words of locality are more flexible than South Korean concep t words of locality.