doi: 10.18178/IJLLL.2024.10.2.498
Coordinate and Subordinate Compounds in Chinese Morphology: A Cognitive Approach
Ba Lei
- Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HKSAR, China
- Manuscript received November 28, 2023
- revised January 10, 2024
- accepted January 30, 2024
- published March 15, 2024
Abstract
Chinese compounds, particularly thosecategorized as subordinate and coordinate, hold considerableimportance in Chinese morphology. The intricacies of thesecompound structures often pose challenges, even for nativespeakers, as their identification relies on an understanding ofancient Chinese semantics. This research endeavor aims toconduct a comprehensive analysis of abstract morphemeswithin these two types of Chinese compounds, with a particularfocus on their semantic aspects. The cognitive approach provesto be highly effective in examining the internal structure of thesecompounds, as well as the diverse combinations of morphemes.Furthermore, this study offers valuable teaching implicationspertaining to the morphological processes involved in Chinesecharacters.
Keywords
- compound words
- Chinese
- subordinate
- coordinate
- modify
- semantic relationship
How to Cite
Ba Lei, "Coordinate and Subordinate Compounds in Chinese Morphology: A Cognitive Approach," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 128-130, 2024. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLLL.2024.10.2.498
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