从新加坡华语看多元语境下词语的接触、吸收和孳乳
Lexical Interaction, Borrowing and Derivation Under The Multi-Lingual Context of Singapore Mandarin

汤志祥TANG Zhixiang
香港中文大学普通话教育研究及发展中心。
E-mail: [email protected]

马来西亚华人研究学刊，第15期，2012年，页35-49
Journal of Malaysian Chinese Studies, Volume 15, 2012: 35-49

摘要

新加坡社会确立了四种官方语言，又存在着马来语、泰米尔语与众多的华语方言，因此新加坡华语是在多语、多语境、多元文化背景下形成、发展起来的。另外随着新加坡华语在全球“大华语”的环境中接触、交流，多种因素使得新加坡华语的词汇系统和词义系统就呈现出多语碰撞、融合并衍生、孳乳的特点。本文从多个层面描述了新加坡华语词汇系统吸收各语言的借词以及自身衍生新词、新词义的现况，阐明了语言之间的相互影响以及语言与社会的紧密联系。

关键词：多语多元文化、语言接触、词汇借用、新加坡华语

Abstract

Singapore established a four official language social system, with Malay, Tamil and various Chinese dialects surrounding, thus the formation and development of Singapore Mandarin is under the influence of such multi-lingual and multi-cultural environment. Besides, following the interaction within the Greater Mandarin environment, Singapore Mandarin lexicon is characterized by these interaction and integration of different languages. This paper describes the Singapore Mandarin lexical system under different perspectives—loanword borrowing, derivation of new word and new meaning, hence manifesting the effects of inter-language contact and social factor on language development.

Keywords: multi-language and multi-culture, language contact, loanword, Singapore Mandarin

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