摘要
汉语常用词汇手段来区分性别,凤和凰是运用专门称谓区分性别的一组词。表示雄性的"凤"开始属于无标志范畴,可以表示整个类别"凤凰",包括有标志词"凰"的词义范围,雌雄统称,后来经历了专指雄性到今天专指雌性的发展演变,其演变过程与中国传统的阴阳观念和宗法制度密切相关。
Chinese often designates gender difference lexically. Feng and Huang are examples of natural kind terms used to distinguish gender. The former one, indicating the male bird, is an unmarked category at the outset, which is also a generic reference word. Later on, Feng becomes a marked category, refering uniquely to the male bird, while today it is a marked category for the female counterpart, which used to be designated by Huang. The referential evolution is closely related to Chinese traditional concepts of Yin and Yang as well as the patriarchal system.
出处
《扬州大学学报（人文社会科学版）》
北大核心
2010年第2期98-103,128,共7页
Journal of Yangzhou University(Humanities and Social Sciences Edition)
基金
国家社会科学基金(02BYY027)
关键词
凤凰
雌雄演变
阴阳观念
Feng and Huang
referential evolution of gender
concepts of Yin and Yang
