The Evolution of the Meaning of Chinese character “Yun” and Its Reasons
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.170How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- The Chinese character Yun; The evolution of word meaning; Result; Reasons
- Abstract
The Chinese character “Yun” is a pictographic character in oracle bone inscriptions, whose original meaning is cloud, which refers to a physical phenomenon in nature.With the development and change of vocabulary, the meaning of“Yun”is becoming more and more abundant.In addition to the traditional meaning summarized in dictionaries of past Dynasties, it also derives a new meaning, which is endowed with semantic features such as [+ Internet], [+ mass], [+ remote], [+ virtual] and [+ sharing].The evolution of the meaning of“Yun”is the result of the comprehensive effect of language itself, social era and cognitive psychology, which not only enlarges the rational meaning of “Yun”, but also changes its color meaning and grammatical function.
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TY - CONF AU - Wang Jiaojiao PY - 2022 DA - 2022/02/01 TI - The Evolution of the Meaning of Chinese character “Yun” and Its Reasons BT - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 935 EP - 938 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220131.170 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.170 ID - Jiaojiao2022 ER -