Analysis of "X Dog" Construction Based on Conceptual Blending
"Dog"is the most familiar domesticated animal to humans,and the word"dog"is often used in a derogatory context in ancient Chinese.In the modern context of the internet,the word"dog"is used to metaphori-cally describe people,weakening the negative connotations in Chinese and forms"X dog"type of hot words,used for ridicule or self-deprecation.Its semantics are often expressed as"a group of people with special or ex-treme behavior".When"X"is an adjective or adjective short phrase,it generally refers to people with certain tem-perament or characteristics,such as"earth dog","vegetable dog",etc.When"X"is a verb or verbal phrase,it indi-cates that a person is in a certain action,behavior,or state,such as"abusing a dog","licking a dog",etc.When"X"is a noun or noun phrase,it can indicate a person in a certain identity or occupational stage,such as"engi-neering dog","senior dog",etc.;It can also indicate that a certain type of person has the characteristics of"X",such as"milk dog";If"X"is a surname,it indicates a humorous way of addressing people who are close in rela-tionship.The use of conceptual integration analysis graphs can provide a more intuitive understanding of the se-mantic combination and changes,which helps to further explain the cognitive generation mechanism of network buzzwords such as"X dog"and study the cognitive generation mechanism of"X dog"network new words.The popular internet buzzwords of"X dog"mainly include two types of integrated networks:single domain network and dual domain network.
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