武昌理工學院學士論文答辯Supervisor:Ms.ZongyanTan指導教師：譚宗燕

Student:JiaXu學生姓名:徐佳June9,2013ABriefSemioticAnalysisonEnglishandChineseSurnames

淺析中西方姓氏的符號意義Major:English專業:英語OUTLINEThesis’sBackground&Purpose1234Thesis’sFrameworkInnovativeFindings&SummaryWorkscitedBACKGROUND&PURPOSE

EnglishandChinesesurnames,notonlyfunctionasasymboltodistinguishpeople,butalsoaperplexsignsystemitselfandapartofthewholesemioticsystem.Amongvariousdifferentanalysesonsurnames,thereisrarelya

studyonthesemioticsenseofsurnamesinamethodicalandsystematicalwaycombinedwithsemiotictheories.WiththesemioticanalysisonE&Csurnames,wecanunderstandthemutualyetdifferentinfluences,ideologicalormythologicalpowersbetweenE&Csurnamesandhumanbeing’scognitionandvaluejudgmentinwesterncountriesandChina,soastopromotesmoothinterculturalcommunication,andfurtherapplytheimplicationsbehindsurnamesinspecificfields,suchasliterature.FRAMEWORKChapterⅠIntroductionChapterⅡAnOverviewofE&CSurnamesChapterⅢSymbolicCharacteristicsofE&CSurnamesChapterⅣSecond-orderSemiologicalAnalysisonE&CSurnamesChapterⅤTheApplicationofE&CSurnamesHistory&DevelopmentofSurnamesTheoretical&SymbolicAnalysiswithSaussure’sandPeirce’sSemiologicalResearchesCulture&PowerbehindSurnameswithBarthes’sSecond-orderSemiologicalAnalysisApplicationinspecificfields,suchasliteratureHISTORY&DEVELOPMENTChinesesurnames:PrimitivematriarchalTotemworshipsocietyTribe’sname姓Ancestor’sname

PatriarchalsocietyLand,peerage氏HonorarynameWesternHanDynasty姓氏combinedassurnames(206B.C.-A.D.24)withnodifferencesHISTORY&DEVELOPMENTEnglishsurnames:AncientRomanThedescriptivenameafterthepersonalname

Invasions:Picts,Scots,SuffixtothesurnameJutes,AnglesandformationSaxons,etc.NormanconquestAnaccurateidentificationTHEORETICAL&SYMBOLICANALYSISSemioticcomposition&transfer:Saussure’sBinaryDichotomy:Intermsofsigncomposition,therearetwomodels,namelyparadigmandsyntagm,withtheformerdealingwiththechoiceandalternativeofasign,thelatterwiththepermutationandcombination.Peirce’sTriadicRelation:Itdividessignsbythreetrichotomies.Firstly,intermsofthesignitself,itmaybeamerequality,anactualexistence,e.g.“+”for“plus”.Secondly,intermsofrelationbetweensignsandobjects,e.g.“rose”for“love”.Thirdly,asignmayindicatefact,e.g.“tanx=sinx/cosx”.THEORETICAL&SYMBOLICANALYSISTake“OX”asexample:Syntagm①TriadicrelationOCorrectQualityXWrong②TriadicrelationO+XAlargebullRelationX+OAbrandofalcoholParadigmTHEORETICAL&SYMBOLICANALYSIS

Justas“O”,“X”areunitschosenfromtheirparadigm,thealphabet,everysurnamebelongstoastaticallysteadyparadigm,whichareinheritedandtransferredfromthehistoricaldevelopmentofsurnames,e.g.,ChinesesurnamesfromHundredsofSurnamesinChina《百家姓》.

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