Chronological Evolution and Co-temporal Distribution of Adjectives with Meaning of"Thickness"in Chinese Language
The main common words of thickness meaning concept field are mainly"hou(厚)","dun(敦)","ben(笨)"."hou(厚)"has been produced in the pre-Qin period,is the ancient Chinese period;"dun(敦)"ap-peared slightly later,in the ancient period,often in the Ming and Qing Dynasties;"ben(笨)",the semantic di-vision of Ming and Qing dynasties,is the marginal word of the concept field.In modern Chinese dialect,"hou(厚)"is widely distributed in the north and south dialect areas,which is a common word;"dun(敦)"remains in the south and southeast of Jiangxi;"ben(笨)"is concentrated in the north and northeast of Guangdong.The geographical distribution pattern of synteny can be explained through the investigation of temporal evolution,which is mainly related to the change of word meaning system,population flow,language contact,political and geographical advantages and disadvantages.
thicknessconcept fieldephemeral evolutioncovariance distribution
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