Four Representative Offensive Items from the Chinese Lexicon

Autor: Lorna Carson, Ning Jiang
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: An Anatomy of Chinese Offensive Words ISBN: 9783030634742
Popis: This chapter dives into what are arguably four of the most representative offensive words in Chinese: (1) jian 賤, (2) buyao liǎn 不要臉, (3) cao/gan 操/幹 and (4) wang bā/wang bā dan 王八/王八蛋. Extensive examples of each item in their various uses are provided, along with a cultural script and Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) analysis, in an attempt to fully locate these words in their semantic context.
Databáze: OpenAIRE