Research into the Lexical Differences of Chinese between the North and South of the Northern and Southern Dynasties from the Commonly-used Words in Weishu （魏书）and Songshu（宋书）

Li LI

Abstract


In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there existed differences in the Chinese language between the North and the South of China. It is considered one of the important tasks in the Chinese language history to reveal these differences. We carried out a study on the lexical differences between Songshu and Weishu from the different commonly-used words: “ta-jian”, “mang-xia” and “shi-zhu”. Based on historical documents in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, we preliminarily found “ta” “mang” and “shi” were chosen in the North of China, while “jian” “xia” and “zhu” were chosen in the South of China.

Key words: Songshu; Weishu; Lexical differences; the Northern and Southern Dynasties; commonly-used words


Keywords


Songshu; Weishu; Lexical differences; the Northern and Southern Dynasties; commonly-used words

References


Wang Weihui (2007). Chinese lexical differences between North and South in the 6th century: A case study of Qimin Yaoshu and Zhoushi Mingtong Ji. Studies of the Chinese Language , 2(317), 175-184.

Wang Dong & Luo Ming-yue (2007). The dialect words of the southern and northern dynasties. Journal of Central South University (Social Science), 12(4), 512-516.

Li Li (2007). Research on the Difference of the North and South Chinese in North and South Dynasties from the Comparison of the Give-Official-Position Words. Journal of Yanshan University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 8(2), 43-47.

Li Li (2007). The Geographical Differences of Chinese Language in Northern and Southern Dynasties: Semantic Field Comparison of Supposition Conjunctions in the History of the Northern Wei and the History of the Song Dynasty. Cross-cultural Communication , 3(1), 19-30.

Li Li (2011). The Northern and Southern Dynasties and Usages of Chinese Characters: A Constractive Analysis. Journal of Zhanjiang Normal College, 32(4), 130-133.

Li Li (2012). Chinese Lexical Differences between the North and South in the North and South Dynasties——A Case Study on the Position-awarding Semantic Fields of Weishu and Songshu. Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University (Social Sciences), 13(4), 15-20, 92.

Lu Guo-yao (2003). Enantiosemy and Dialectics.Research In Ancient Chinese Language, 58(1), 2-7.

Shen Yue (1974). Songshu. Peking: Zhonghua Book Company.

Wei Shou (1974). Weish . Peking：Zhonghua Book Company.

Jing Sheng-xuan & Wu Bo (2008). Southern and Northern Dabereniepanjing. Studies On The History Of Chinese Language (No.11). Chendu: Bashu Press.

Bao Jin-hua (2008). The Diachronic Replacement between “Mang” and “Xia”. Journal of Language and Literature Studies, 5, 129-131.

Huang Jin-gui (1995). Class Research on the Meaning of Ancient Cultural Lexicon. Shanghai：Shanghai Education Publishing House.

Fang Yi-xin (1991). On "xia" of "mang ren qi xia ma". Chinese Literature and History, 12.

Luo Xiao-ping (1996). The source of “zhu” and the replacement between “zhu” and “shi”. Journal of Hubei Institute For Nationalities,14(3), 91-92.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.css.1923669720130902.9301

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c)



Reminder

  • How to do online submission to another Journal?
  • If you have already registered in Journal A, then how can you submit another article to Journal B? It takes two steps to make it happen:

Submission Guidelines for Canadian Social Science

We are currently accepting submissions via email only. The registration and online submission functions have been disabled.

Please send your manuscripts to [email protected]，or [email protected] for consideration. We look forward to receiving your work.

 Articles published in Canadian Social Science are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY).

 

Canadian Social Science Editorial Office

Address: 1020 Bouvier Street, Suite 400, Quebec City, Quebec, G2K 0K9, Canada.
Telephone: 1-514-558 6138 
Website: Http://www.cscanada.net; Http://www.cscanada.org 
E-mail:[email protected]; [email protected]

Copyright © Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture