Applied Linguistics (Yuyan Wenzi Yingyong)


No. 4 , Pages 66 - 72 , 2005

A Study on New Words from Real Estate Business and Their Influences on Dictionary Editing (Article written in Chinese)

YU Jiang

Abstract

A group of new words are closely related to the special background of Chinese society. This article displays this group of new words in semantic categories and presents sociolinguistic analysis at the same time. Due to the importance of this group of new words, the author believes that dictionary editors should pay necessary attentions. Practical suggestions are also raised in this study.

Keywords: real estate business; group of new words; social change; language change; dictionary editing

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