Seeing The Semantic Evolution Law Of Chinese Gender Words From "Basket","Mr." And "Strong Man"

The change of vocabulary can reflect the changes of society.In the process of social development and change,the social status of men and women is also constantly changing.This is reflected in the semantic development of some gender words.Some words are often used only in men in the early days,but as society develops,these words can be used slowly in women.This article consists of six chapters.The main contents are:In the first chapter,the introduction part raises the questions and explains the research objects and related literature review.And the research ideas and corpus selection of this article are explained.In the second chapter,the word "single bachelor" was chosen as the research object.The "single bachelor" first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty.The original meaning was "bare sticks".Later,it evolved "nothing,no penny","mantle,rogue","single bachelor" and "smart person" "the meaning of.In the contemporary era,"single bachelor" has the meaning of expressing female "single bachelor".In the process of evolution,the “sticks” first metaphored “nothing,no penny”,“single bachelor”,“smart person”;later on the basis of “nothing” and “single bachelor”For "rogue,cellar" and "female bachelor".In the third chapter,the word "Mr." was chosen as the research object."Mr." first appeared in the pre-Qin period,the initial meaning is "first born",and later evolved the meaning of "the name of the Say?daw","teacher","name" and "professional title".During the period of the Republic of China,"Mr." began to show the meaning of the female "the name of the sage".In the process of its evolution,the "first come from me" metaphor was first called "the name of the sage";later on this basis,the metaphor was " Teacher,"husband","name" and "professional title".In the fourth chapter,the word "strong man" was chosen as the research object."Strong man" first appeared in the Han Dynasty,the initial meaning is "powerfulpeople",and later evolved the meaning of "robbers","strong people" and "a kind of soldiers in the Song Dynasty." In the contemporary era,"strong man" began to show the meaning of "strong and capable women".In the process of its evolution,"strong man" metaphorized the meaning of "strong and capable people" and "robbers."The fifth chapter mainly studies the change of gender status and the evolution of word meaning.Changes in social development will affect people's changes in their ideological concepts.Changes in people's minds will further promote changes in the gender status of men and women.Then,in this process,different words expressing female meaning appear.The sixth chapter summarizes the previous chapters and draws the conclusions from the study of "single bachelor","Mr." and "strong man" : the gender represented by "single bachelor","Mr." and "strong man" Words have different semantic evolutions and different internal causes of evolution in the development of the times.Their second gender use time is not the same.But overall,their evolutionary paths are similar,and the external causes of evolution are similar.At the same time,it analyzes the innovation of this paper,and there may be some shortcomings.