The Similarities and Differences Between "Ci(辞)" and "Ci(词)" Based on Quantitative Statistics
"Ci(辞)"and"Ci(词)"have the same pronunciation and different etymology,and there are similari-ties and differences in their meanings,thus there is a need to further analyze the homophones composed of"Ci(辞)"and"Ci(词)".Using the quantitative statistics method,this paper selects eight groups of homophones to investigate their inclusion and interpretation in the 7th edition of Modern Chinese Dictionary,and to calculate the word frequen-cy of these homophones in the four major corpora such as CCL,and BBC.On this basis,the eight groups of homo-phones are divided into four categories to distinguish the similarities and differences.The frequency of homophonic synonyms is the main basis for the recommended form selection in the Modern Chinese Dictionary.For example,the proportion of"rhetoric(辞令)"(80.46%)is significantly better than that of"rhetoric(词令)"(19.54%),so"rhetoric(辞令)"is selected as the recommended form.Homophonic near-synonym,such as"dictionary(辞典)"and"dictionary(词典)"have their own emphasis when referring to reference books.The former can be used to col-lectively refer to various reference books,while the latter mostly refers to the language reference books.Homo-phone,such as"dictionary(辞书)"and"dictionary/Song Poems(词书)"have clear semantic difference,and might be listed separately in large dictionaries.Homophonic synonymous variant like"vocabulary(辞汇)"has lost its so-cial effect in the process of circulation,and should be treated as a wrongly written character.
"Ci"(辞)"Ci"(词)similarities and differencesquantitative statistics
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