Applied Linguistics (Yuyan Wenzi Yingyong)


No. 2 , Pages 88 - 95 , 2007

Linguistic Expressing Vacancy and Popularity of Huyou (Article written in Chinese)

HU Jiangang

Abstract

Affected by the mechanism of filling expressing vacancy, huyou (忽悠) of Dongbei Dialact now becomes a very popular new word in modern Chinese by filling the vacancy of neutrally expressing cheating, relying on its semantic feature of having humorous tone. The popularity of huyou has testified that there is a symbiotic relation between common language and dialect.

Keywords: linguistic expressing vacancy; filling expressing vacancy; Huyou

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