Novel Lexical Semantic Change and Interactivization

Meichun Liu; Yuyan Liang; Yuwei Wan

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Novel Lexical Semantic Change and Interactivization

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Abstract

The study aims to explore newly arising lexical semantic changes that demonstrate an interesting tendency of semantic shifts towards highly interactive and socially impactive meanings. A number of such changes are provided with a focus on the novel cases where an abstract noun or an attributive adjective is used as a transitive verb in a causative-transitive construction (e.g., tā nèihán wǒ le 他内涵我了 ‘He covertly satirized me.’). A constructional analysis is proposed to account for the form-meaning mapping principles in the novel usage patterns that show a consistent tendency of semantic shift from less interactive to more interactive meanings. This tendency of ‘interactivization’ is evidenced in the changes from non-verbal to verbal and intransitive to transitive uses, detailed with a case study of the grammatical distributions of nèihán内涵 ‘inner quality’ over two different time periods. The findings ultimately contribute to both interactional linguistics and Chinese lexical semantic studies in highlighting the observed trend of interactivization in lexical semantic changes under the popular use of social media that enhances the subtlety and complexity of human interaction.

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Chinese Lexical Semantics
Subtitle of host publication	23rd Workshop, CLSW 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Part I
Editors	Qi Su, Ge Xu, Xiaoyan Yang
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	125-138
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-28953-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-28952-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28953-8_11
Publication status	Published - 25 Apr 2023
Event	23rd Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW 2022) - Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China Duration: 14 May 2022 → 15 May 2022 http://clsw2022.cn/ https://easychair.org/cfp/clsw2022

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Cham
Volume	13495
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	23rd Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW 2022)
Abbreviated title	CLSW2022
Place	China
City	Fuzhou
Period	14/05/22 → 15/05/22
Internet address	http://clsw2022.cn/ https://easychair.org/cfp/clsw2022

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Novel usage
Interactional linguistics
Interactivization
Semantic extension

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Liu, M , Liang, Y & Wan, Y 2023, Novel Lexical Semantic Change and Interactivization. in Q Su, G Xu & X Yang (eds), Chinese Lexical Semantics: 23rd Workshop, CLSW 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 13495, Springer, Cham, pp. 125-138, 23rd Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW 2022), Fuzhou, China, 14/05/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28953-8_11

Novel Lexical Semantic Change and Interactivization. / Liu, Meichun ; Liang, Yuyan ; Wan, Yuwei.
Chinese Lexical Semantics: 23rd Workshop, CLSW 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. ed. / Qi Su; Ge Xu; Xiaoyan Yang. 1. ed. Springer, Cham, 2023. p. 125-138 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13495).

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