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Analogical Creation: Analogy with the Structure in Morphological Level

A Case Study of (Blue)-Collar Worker

Authors
Panpan Cao1, *
1Foreign Language School, Sichuan Minzu College, Kangding, Sichuan, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 140464@scun.edu.cn
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Panpan Cao
Available Online 10 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Memetics; Analogical creation; “(Blue)-collar workers”
Abstract

Memetics has strong interpretive power for analogical creation because the formation of analogical creation is the process of imitation, creation and transmission, which just corresponds with the definition of meme. From memetic transmission mechanism, analogical creation is the structural meme on morphological level since the creation of new words is based on the imitation of the old pattern of word or phrases by keeping part of it the same and changing part of it into something new. From features of successful meme, analogical creation also shares the features of copying-fidelity, fecundity and longevity. From transmission power, in the case of “blue + collar workers”, this existing pattern is simple, short and vivid in form and concise, practical and authoritative in content, thus this pattern is a stable strong meme, accepted and used frequently. Based on the imitation of this pattern, many similar expressions are created and used in people’s life, such as white-collar workers, pink-collar workers, gold-collar workers, grey-collar workers, black-collar workers, green-collar workers, frayed-collar workers, steel-collar workers, dog-collar workers, and the recently popular purple-color workers, yellow-collar workers and orange-color worker.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture Studies (ICLCCS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
10 December 2022
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10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_12
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-494069-27-5_12How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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