Shi Yan Kinship Terms Research

This paper is the first time to study the relative appellation based on the Xing Shi Yan, and also the first time to study the relative appellation for specialized book in Modern Chinese. So it gives a hand to the relative appellation study for lacking the work of relative appellation in Modern Chinese.This paper is based on three views:Firstly, we study the relative appellation in Xing Shi Yan from synchronic comparison and diachronic comparison. By analysis, we consider that the various, abundant relative appellation in Xing Shi Yan could be representative of the relative appellation in Ming Dynasty and the relative appellation in Modern Chinese, which be represented by the relative appellation in Xing Shi Yan, are a connecting link between the preceding and the following in the evolution of the relative appellation.Secondly, we also discuss two questions which related to the history of Chinese. One is the relative appellation's extension in Xing Shi Yan. We discuss its characteristics, the causes of formation and the principles on pragmatics by summarized it. The other is the relative appellation of "老X". According to their syncategorematic degree of "老" in "老X", we consider that the qualification of "老" as s affix need discriminate. We should make a difference between it.Thirdly, we discuss the relation between the system of vocabulary and the system of the dictionary based on relative appellation in Xing Shi Yan. By the study from the entries, lexemes, evidence and annotations, we consider that in the process of the dictionary compilation, the editor should notice the system of vocabulary and after the dictionary compiled, people also should check its quality by the system of vocabulary.