@inproceedings{0892c6c7dd9b427c8d7efe76bc106757,
title = "Lexical Semantic Evolution of Polysemous Words in Ancient Chinese—Taking Zǒu as an Example",
abstract = "This study will explore the contexts of the lexical semantic change of the word zǒu “to walk” through the concepts of metonymy and metaphor. By examining the documents from ancient times, middle times to early modern times, this study has found that zǒu “to walk” in ancient times meant “to escape”. During the Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties, the meaning became “to run”. In early modern times, the major meaning of “to walk” appeared. The semantics of the word zǒu “to walk” in ancient times, middle times, and early modern times has not changed much in basic concepts, following the general concept of “starting point → path → ending point”.",
keywords = "Ancient Chinese, Metaphor, Metonymy, Polysemy",
author = "Hsu, {Tun Yu} and Hong, {Jia Fei}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.; 21st Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop, CLSW 2020 ; Conference date: 28-05-2020 Through 30-05-2020",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-81197-6_62",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030811969",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "756--763",
editor = "Meichun Liu and Chunyu Kit and Qi Su",
booktitle = "Chinese Lexical Semantics - 21st Workshop, CLSW 2020, Revised Selected Papers",
}