Applied Linguistics (Yuyan Wenzi Yingyong)


No. 3 , Pages 29 - 33 , 2003

The Study of “lao/xiao (老/小) + surname + noun” (Article written in Chinese)

CHU Zexiang

Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on the usage of the phenomena such as “Comrade + Iao Jia (老賈)” and “Uncle + Xiao Wang (老王)”. It takes the combination of syntax and the usage of language and the influence of cognition into account and can be divided into 3 parts: the formation and theoretical basis of the patterns; the semantic characteristics of pattern and the semantic conditions for the formation and arrangement at the same position; and semantic values of relevant comparison of the patterns.

Keywords: lao/xiao(老/小) + surname + noun; the study of usage

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