Research On Emerging Appellations Based On Covariation Theory

Appellation is used to address each other in communication,which plays an important role in social etiquette.In the 21 st century,a large number of new appellations appear in communication.They conform to the rules of Chinese word formation,have strong vitality,greatly enrich the speech vocabulary,and add many new words to the modern Chinese appellation system.This paper selects five new appellation cases to study the covariance relationship between new appellation and society from the perspective of covariance in sociolinguistic.The study of new appellation can reflect the changes of people's life and thoughts,and present the changes of social politics,economy and culture.The thesis includes introduction,five chapters and conclusion.The introduction part mainly shows the research background and significance,introduces the research status,clarifies the theoretical basis and corpus source,and makes a brief explanation.In the first chapter,it is explained that the syntactic function of "Nvhanzi" is expanded and can be used as various syntactic components.It is also pointed out that "Nvhanzi" can also be used to describe women,as the sememe of male characteristics becomes prominent and other sememe fall off.The reasons for the popularity of "Nvhanzi" include the novelty of word formation,cultural factors,filling in the appellation gaps and the promotion of media.Nowadays,the new appellation "Nvhanzi" has been included in the modern Chinese Dictionary(Seventh Edition),and has been absorbed into the modern Chinese vocabulary system.The second chapter first explains the origin of the name "Xiao Jiejie".It is not a new form,and this name has been produced for a long time.With the change of people's communication style,"Xiao Jiejie" has a new usage,emphasizes the emotional color,generally refers to all the young and beautiful women,can be used as a direct address or an indirect address,it supplements the female appellation gaps,is conducive to daily communication.With the frequent use of "Xiao Jiejie",a series of new words,such as "Xiao Gege" and "X Xiao Jiejie",have been introduced,which are widely used.In the third chapter,"Wanghong" is abbreviated from "Internet popular man".A series of changes have taken place in the use of "Wanghong",which is mainly reflected in the part of speech,reference object and emotional color.The use of Abstract "Wanghong" is characterized by stability,generalization and derivation.Nowadays,"Wanghong" has rich semantic meaning and wide usage,reflecting the psychology of pursuing beauty,seeking for novelty and difference,and relieving pressure.In the fourth chapter,"Dian Xiaoer" has already appeared in modern Chinese.Under the influence of metaphor and metonymy mechanism,its can also represent customer service personnel,government agencies,government leaders and service spirit,etc.This chapter also explains the motivation of "Dian Xiaoer" to reproduce,and compares "Dian Xiaoer" with "waiter" and "customer service",so as to explore the semantic meaning and usage standard of "Dian Xiaoer".In the fifth chapter,the new appellation "Xiao Xianrou" appeared under the influence of Korean.Originally,it is a parallel structure of "1 + 1 + 1".After high frequency use,it develops into a positive structure of "1 + 2".The semantic generalization refers to young,energetic and beautiful men,which make up for the blank of the appellation of male beauty." Xiao Xianrou " is not only active on the Internet,but also recognized by the newspaper media.The popularity of " Xiao Xianrou " reflects the change of people's psychology and aesthetic orientation.And "Xiaoxianrou" is not suitable for formal occasions,but in the Internet age.It meets the needs of people's communication.The word has productivity,large amount of use,flexible usage,and imitates a large number of new words.And it still has broad development space.The conclusion summarizes the main points of this paper and points out the shortcomings.