Semantic Changes and Translation of Chinese Buzzwords of COVID-19 Pandemic  

作　　者：LIN Qing-qing GAO Wen-cheng 

机构地区：[1]University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,Shanghai,China

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2023年第6期417-422,共6页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：As a unique cultural product of the pandemic era,the COVID-19 pandemic buzzwords fully reflect the characteristics of the time.The paper applies the prototype theory to classify the semantic changes of the pandemic prevention buzzwords into two types:semantic evolution and semantic variation,and briefly discusses the implications of the prototype theory for translating the pandemic prevention propaganda slogans based on understanding the semantic changes to help people further understand the pandemic buzzwords as well as related social realities.

关 键 词：prototype theory BUZZWORDS the COVID-19 pandemic semantic change TRANSLATION 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]