Wortschatz in der Coronavirus-Pandemie im Chinesischen und Deutschen

Shelley Ching-yu Depner

doi:10.6667/interface.19.2022.168

Wortschatz in der Coronavirus-Pandemie im Chinesischen und Deutschen

Shelley Ching-yu Depner

Abstract

Das Coronavirus hat eine weltweite Pandemie ausgelöst, auch viele Wortschatz im Zusammenhang mit der Pandemie sind geprägt worden. In diesem Artikel wird der entstehende Wortschatz des Chinesischen und Deutschen mit dem Schwerpunkt auf den entsprechenden Metaphern untersucht. Die Datenquelle sind Taiwan News Smart Web und DWDS (Das Wortauskunftssystem zur deutschen Sprache in Geschichte und Gegenwart). Ziel der Analyse der Metaphern ist es: Erstens, die Kategorien der Metapher und Quellbereiche hinter den Metaphern werden untersucht. Zweitens, die Erkenntnisse der Pandemie undneue gesellschaftliche Phänomene auf die beiden Gesellschaften, Taiwan und Deutschland, werden verglichen. Schließlich werden wir die Unterschiede zwischen Taiwan und Deutschlandberücksichtigen. Eine Vielzahl von Metaphern taucht in den neuen Wörtern auf. Die Ergebnisse der Studie zeigen, dass die gemeinsamen metaphorischen Domänen beider Sprachen {Krieg}, {Alltag} und {Emotion} sind; z.B. Metonymie (Mundschutz, jiā líng 加零 'plus Null'), ontologische Metapher (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980b; 2003) (Coronasünder, sǐ chéng 死城 'tote Stadt'), und strukturelle Metapher (Corona-kabinett, liè wū 獵巫 'Hexenjagd'). Chinesisch und Deutsch haben auch ihre eigenen unverwechselbaren Quellbereiche. Aus diesem Wortschatz können wir die Interaktion zwischen Menschen und die soziale Dynamik in der Pandemie erkennen, die durch die Metaphern des Lebens und Krieges dargestellt werden.

Keywords

Coronavirus, Neologismen, Metaphern, Lebewesen-Forschung, Sprache und Kultur, gesellschaftliche Bedeutungen

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