The Usage and Source of the Suffix"Home"in Modern Chinese Language
"Home"can be used as a suffix in modern Chinese language.According to its degree of vacuity,the suffix"home"can be divided into two categories:class affix and typical affix.The"home"of a class affix is mostly attached to nouns and predicates,indicating a certain type of person.The"home"of typical affixes is mostly attached to nouns and personal pronouns to add emotional color or make up enough syllables,among which the semantic evolution path of the affix"home"is as follows:meaning of"family"meaning of"academic school"→ meaning of"one who has a certain professional knowledge or engages in a special career";the semantic evolution path of the typical affix"home"is as follows:the meaning of"family"→ the meaning of"human identity or occupation"→ the end of the noun or the end of the pronoun.The main reasons for its semantic evolution are metonymy,metaphor,subjectivity and special stylistic requirements.
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