模因论视角下的X-Gate与X-门对比研究
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20世纪70年代,“水门事件”的披露,导致尼克松被迫辞职,从而成为美国历史上首位,且是唯一一位辞职的总统。作为美国历史上最不光彩的政治丑闻之一,其不仅对美国历史、政治产生了重大影响,而且对语言的使用也有着深远的影响。 自“Watergate”一词出现后,《纽约时报》保守派专栏作家,尼克松政府演讲撰稿人威廉·赛菲尔,掀起了-gate族词的炮制潮流,推动–gate族词迅速复制。最初,在美国,仅限于将国家领导人遭遇执政危机或执政丑闻的事件冠之以“-gate”的名称。继尔,“-gate”的内涵几经演变,从政治丑闻、社会新闻,扩展到任何具有轰动效应的事件。近来年,随着中国改革开放的日益向纵深发展,英汉语言接触日益频繁,英语中的“-gate”通过直译被译为汉语的“门”字,完成模因化的过程之后,实现了语义扩大化和形式汉语化,指示对象从政治领域和国家高端领导等公众人物转向了娱乐体育等文化生活与普通民众,意义上从轰动性的丑闻事件转向略含贬义或相对消极的小风波甚或是不具有贬义色彩的小事件。 鉴于当今网络当中铺天盖地的“门事件”,本文以道金斯(1976)提供的模因论为理论基础,进行中英文“门族词”的对比研究...
【文章页数】:77 页
【学位级别】:硕士
【文章目录】:
Abstract
摘要
Introduction
1 Literature Review
1.1 A Brief Review of Research on “X–gate”
1.2 A Brief Review of Research on “X–门”
1.3 Research on Memes and Memetics
1.4 Relation between Language and Meme
2 Research Methodology
2.1 Research Questions
2.2 Data Collection
2.3 Data Analysis
3 Results and Analysis
3.1 Comparison from the Perspective of Fecundity
3.2 Comparison from the Perspective of Copying-fidelity
3.3 Comparison from the Perspective of Longevity
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix 1 -Gate in some Dictionaries
Appendix 2 232 X-Gates
Appendix 3 The Distribution of 232 X-Gates in Different Fields
Appendix 4 396 X-门
Appendix 5 The Distribution of 392 X-门in Different Fields
Appendix 6 Referent of X-门
Appendix 7 Nature of X-门
本文编号:3783384
【文章页数】:77 页
【学位级别】:硕士
【文章目录】:
Abstract
摘要
Introduction
1 Literature Review
1.1 A Brief Review of Research on “X–gate”
1.2 A Brief Review of Research on “X–门”
1.3 Research on Memes and Memetics
1.4 Relation between Language and Meme
2 Research Methodology
2.1 Research Questions
2.2 Data Collection
2.3 Data Analysis
3 Results and Analysis
3.1 Comparison from the Perspective of Fecundity
3.2 Comparison from the Perspective of Copying-fidelity
3.3 Comparison from the Perspective of Longevity
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix 1 -Gate in some Dictionaries
Appendix 2 232 X-Gates
Appendix 3 The Distribution of 232 X-Gates in Different Fields
Appendix 4 396 X-门
Appendix 5 The Distribution of 392 X-门in Different Fields
Appendix 6 Referent of X-门
Appendix 7 Nature of X-门
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