The Meaning of the “Dirty Words”——A Linguistic Analysis of WANG Li-chun' Novel <i>Beet March</i>

MAO Ya

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MAO Ya. The Meaning of the “Dirty Words”——A Linguistic Analysis of WANG Li-chun' Novel Beet March[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2002, 18(4): 64-72.

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MAO Ya. The Meaning of the “Dirty Words”——A Linguistic Analysis of WANG Li-chun' Novel Beet March[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2002, 18(4): 64-72.

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The Meaning of the “Dirty Words”——A Linguistic Analysis of WANG Li-chun' Novel Beet March

MAO Ya

School of Humanities and Social Science University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Received Date: 2002-08-09
Available Online: 2021-07-09

Abstract

Abstract

The article analyses the “dirty words” of Wang Li chun' novel Beet March. It it argued that the “dirty words” have strong critical characteristics of society, are one of the modes with which antagonism and difference between the linguistic mode of “dirty words” and orthodox linguistic mode are in fact the antagonism between different mode of life. The dirty words in Beet March implicate the meaning of sex and have strong characteristic of male chauvinism.
- WANG Li chun,
- Beet March,
- social critique,
- linguistic analysis,
- dirty words