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Semantic Localization of Borrowed Linguistic Signs –A Corpus-based Study on "Ke-xue" in Chinese

The study of semantic localization of borrowed linguistic signs can reveal the changing pattern of meaning as well as the relation between language and cultural context. This study aims to reveal how the meaning of the English word "science" ,which is translated as "ke-xue" in Chinese,is localized in Chinese. Based on the CCL corpus,we find that besides its function as a noun,"ke-xue" is often used as the modifier of a nominal group. In this case,it has two basic meanings,one of which is a meaning that is newly created in Chinese context. The new localized meaning is created by the cognitive process of metonymy,and this process is facilitated by the cognitive property of the category "science" and the special cultural and social connotation of science in the Chinese context.