2008Journal of Qinghai Junior Teachers' CollegeRequires access

Initial Exploration of Usages of the Chinese Function Words "huo" and "huohuo"

LI Ying-zhong

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By means of observing and studying diachronic development and synchronic evolution of usages of the Chinese function words huo and huohuo,the author suggests that: First,as a Chinese function morpheme,huo derives from the Chinese words 和、合 and 活.Second,huohuo is a Chinese function morpheme used to imitate sounds and describe features from start.But in modern dialect of Chinese,it is mainly used to describe features.

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By means of observing and studying diachronic development and synchronic evolution of usages of the Chinese function words huo and huohuo,the author suggests that: First,as a Chinese function morpheme,huo derives from the Chinese words 和、合 and 活.Second,huohuo is a Chinese function morpheme used to imitate sounds and describe features from start.But in modern dialect of Chinese,it is mainly used to describe features.

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By means of observing and studying diachronic development and synchronic evolution of usages of the Chinese function words huo and huohuo,the author suggests that: First,as a Chinese function morpheme,huo derives from the Chinese words 和、合 and 活.Second,huohuo is a Chinese function morpheme used to imitate sounds and describe features from start.But in modern dialect of Chinese,it is mainly used to describe features.

Key concepts: Morpheme, Linguistics, Function (biology), Psychology, Philosophy, Biology, Evolutionary biology

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