文化语境下英语新词语义演变的特征  

The Features of Semantic Changes of English New Words in Culture Context

作　　者：王金杰[1] 

机构地区：[1]辽宁对外经贸学院商务英语系,辽宁大连116052

出　　处：《新乡学院学报》2015年第4期48-50,共3页Journal of Xinxiang University

基　　金：辽宁省教育厅2012年度普通高等教育本科教学改革研究项目(396);辽宁省成人教育学会2013~2014年度成人高等教育专项科研课题(LC1328)

摘　　要：随着社会的发展,人们对客观事物的认识逐步深化,观念日益更新;尤其是英语在全世界范围内的运用和推广,以及全球文化的日益趋同,英语新词大量产生。新词的产生和语义的演变都是在一定的文化语境下发生的,文化语境是决定语义变化与否的关键因素。影响英语变化的文化语境主要有科学技术的发展、互联网技术的应用、政治事件及政治人物的出现、世界经济的发展变化、新的社会价值观和生活方式的形成。从语义学的角度来看,英语新词的产生是语义在外界的影响下发生了多种变化。英语新词的语义变化特征可以归纳为语义的扩展、语义的仿拟、语义的空缺、语义的聚合几个方面。With the social development,people have a better understanding of obj ective reality and a great change in ideology;especially,with English the world-widly used and popularized in the globalization of world cultures,so a large quantity of English new words come into being.The existence of English new words and semantic change of new words are closely related to certain cultural context.Actually,cultural context plays a key role in semantic change of words.There are many cultural factors that nfluence the change of English words,such as the rapid change of science and technology,the wide application of internet,the emergence of the political events and political leaders,the change and development of world economy,the new way of thinking and lifestyles and etc.In the semantic perspective,the meanings of words change under the impact of the changing world,which contributes to the creation of English new words.The semantic change of English new words can be summarized as the expansion of meaning,the parody of meaning,the vacancy of meaning and compounding of meaning.

关 键 词：文化语境 英语新词 语义演变 特征 

分 类 号：H310.1[语言文字—英语]