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| “Relational Process” as Frame for Lexical Semantic Categorization: a Functional-cognitive Account of Relevant Word Formation in Shuowen Jiezi |
| PENG Xuan-wei |
| College of Foreign Languages, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060 |
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Abstract This is part of the research program for interpreting lexical semantic categories in Shuowen Jiezi. It utilizes systemic functional grammar, in particular one transitivity process, that is, the relational, as the cognitive frame for explicating categorization of relevant lexical items, and the conceptual blending theory as the processing approach. The discussion proceeds with three points in succession: the intensive, circumstantial, and possessive relational as the bases on which the formation characteristics of lexical meanings at stake are highlighted, as may be represented by “嫋”(niǎo), “汓”(qiú) and “躳”(gōng) respectively. The presentation of the materials focuses on the former two because the possessive has the least percentage of occurrence throughout the text of Shuowen Jiezi. The attempt may provide effective theoretical insight for studying Chinese lexical semantics and for the practical interpretations per se.
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Received: 10 September 2018
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