Word Model Analysis of 2021 Internet Hot Word “X Zi” Under the Background of Internet Information Age

Tu Haiqiang; Qian Xiaoke

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Word Model Analysis of 2021 Internet Hot Word “X Zi” Under the Background of Internet Information Age

Tu Haiqiang, Qian Xiaoke

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 10, Issue 3)

Received: 9 April 2022 Accepted: 28 April 2022 Published: 10 May 2022

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Abstract

“X Zi” is very common in modern Chinese. As a buzzword on the Internet platform in 2021, “X Zi” has undergone syntactic and semantic changes. In this paper, the syntactic structure, derivation mechanism and semantic correlation framework of “X Zi” are studied by using the word model theory. This paper proposes that “Zi” was originally the root of the word, indicating the younger lineal relatives; Then generalize to plant and animal offspring, “lineal kinship” and “human sense” fall off; Then it further generalized to small things, and the meaning of “young age meaning” fell off and developed into “affix like”; Finally, it completely becomes “affix” and becomes “nominalization symbol”, and its meaning gradually falls off. The semantic derivation of “X Zi” structure is related to the change of human cognition, and its popularity also reflects the memetics, relevance theory, economy and analogy principles of language.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 10, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20221003.12
Page(s)	181-185
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Word Model, “X Zi”, Semantic Variation, Epidemic Causes, Social Value

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Tu Haiqiang

International Education School, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China
Qian Xiaoke

International Education School, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China

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