An Exploration into Lexical Semantic Innovation in Light of the Theory of Semogenesis

YANG Zhong

doi:10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2023120106

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YANG Zhong. An Exploration into Lexical Semantic Innovation in Light of the Theory of Semogenesis[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2024, 40(2): 78-86. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2023120106

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YANG Zhong. An Exploration into Lexical Semantic Innovation in Light of the Theory of Semogenesis[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2024, 40(2): 78-86. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2023120106

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An Exploration into Lexical Semantic Innovation in Light of the Theory of Semogenesis

doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2023120106

YANG Zhong

School of Foreign Languages & Literature, Northeast Normal University,Changchun, Jilin 130024, China

Received Date: 2023-03-15
Available Online: 2024-01-22
Publish Date: 2024-04-01

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Studies of lexical semantics in the logico-philosophical orientation of linguistics have gained valuable insights into the regularities of lexical meaning. Nevertheless, the objectivist view of meaning that underpins these studies leads to the overlook of man and context as essential factors of meaning. Consequently, lexical semantic innovation has been given scant attention. Linguistics in the rhetorical-ethnographic orientation holds an experiential realistic view of meaning and believes that meaning arises in the interaction between individuals and between man and nature. An exploration into lexical semantic innovation in light of the theory of semogensis has found: 1) Lexical semantic innovation is a progressive cognitive process in which classification of reality and conceptual blending are combined; 2) Cultural differences give rise to non-correspondence of categories of natural languages in terms of delicacy, fuzziness and proto-typicality. It is also found, based on the co-textual and contextual analysis of novel lexical meanings, that lexical semantic innovations, which originate from the author’s creative thinking, contribute significantly to textual semantic construction.
- lexical semantics,
- innovation,
- semogenesis

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