Open AccessA Comparative Study of Semantic Component and Lexicalization Pattern of English and Chinese Verb Category “Drink”
Author(s) -
Lei He
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of contemporary educational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2208-8474
pISSN - 2208-8466
DOI - 10.26689/jcer.v4i2.1019
Subject(s) - lexicalization , verb , linguistics , problem of universals , component (thermodynamics) , psychology , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , computer science , philosophy , physics , thermodynamics
Verb category “drink” is frequently used in people’s daily life. In this essay, the author analyses the semantic component and lexicalization pattern of English and Chinese verb category “drink”, in which the author finds there are semantic universals and particulars. It is found that the lexicalization pattern of this verb category in English and Chinese should be “motion + manner (cause) + X”.