Taiwan Society Change and Related Neologism: A Study on Newspaper Expressions (1981－2011)

• Main Authors: Liu, Huiya, 劉慧雅
• Other Authors: Li, Zi-xuan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72942944980016703273

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 跨文化研究所語言學碩士班 === 100 === Vocabulary and society have covariant relations. Whenever social life changes, there will be new words to be created. New words often reflect new things or new concepts. I gather new terms from those politicians that about the relationship between Taiwan and Mainland China, people’s diet and commute habit variations, and the trend of computers and the Internet. By collecting those new terms, I can not only comprehend the social development but also preserve the language material for people to read them in the future. Chapter one is the Introduction. I will explain the research background, the research motivation, the research goal, the research scope and the research framework. Chapter two is the literature analysis. I will introduce the covariance theory and the definitions of new words of scholar’s view. In addition, I will define new words, and discuss why and how does the new words form. I will also discuss the characteristics of the new words. Chapter three is the methodology. I will illustrate the sources of the language materials, and introduce how I define the new words and the research limitations. Chapter four is about the relationship between Taiwan and Mainland China. In 4.1, I will introduce the social background of Taiwan and Mainland. In 4.2, I will list the new terms that were using by politicians between 1981 to 2011 in Taiwan. In Chapter five, I will talk about new terms that we are using everyday in diet and transportation. In 5.1, I will introduce the social background of people’s diet and commute habit variations. In 5.2, I will list the new terms of people’s diet and commute habits variation. Chapter six is the information technology. In 6.1, I will introduce the social background of the trend of computers and the Internet. In 6.2, I will list the new terms about computers and the Internet. Chapter seven is the conclusion. I will explain the research results and illustrate the research limitations and future prospects. Key words：new words；covariance theory