On Ma Dictionary Language Dimension

Language is a kind of life state as well as a kind of philosophy. A language which contains the torrent of life is abundant and dynamic, which the formal logic is not. In Maqiao Dictionary , Han Shaogong makes effort to transform the dialectic of philosophy and the state of life into the language of his sense perception. His language breaks loose from all the fixed formal logic and language rules, and hands with the creativity of aesthetics and the ture facts in life.With the unconstrained imagination , the author connects literary with dictionary .That is undoubtedly a creativity .Maqiao, the society displayed by the author, is supported by 115 words. Each word is an epitome of the society;each word exists with ita own story. By giving illustration to each tern, he tries to make clear the complicated ralationship between language and existence, languafe and culture, as well as language and human being ,and reveals the destiny of the human beings. Constrastiny to mandarin, Maqiao Dictionary has its own system. This article will discuss it from the following four aspects.1. Direct-visual languageIn Maqiao , language originates mostly from direct visual experience, while only a little from abstracttheoretical meaning. Direct visual language is vivid, butsometimes it may cause ambiguity and misunderstanding.2. Language WorshipMen always describe the world in words. It is unavoidable that language is worshiped when people face an area which connot be expressed in language . 3 . Language BackgroundIn Maqiao Dictionary , the author puts each term into lefe, into a wider national and cultural historical background to examine its meaning rather than simply define it. 4. Disparity Between Dialects and Mandsarin in Maqiao DictionaryIn Chinese textbooks, dialects exist as local branches of Mandarin. The main difference between dialects and Mandarin lies in pronunciation and intonation. Maqiao Dictionary proves that there is a deeper implied meaning in such a disparity.