A Semantic Analysis of the New Internet Word x-kong(x控)
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1.School of Humane Studies,Hunan University of Science and Technology,Xiangtan 411201,China; 2.Beijing Bairixuetong Education Science Co.Ltd.,Shanghai Branch,Shanghai 200030,China)
The x-kongs’(x控),which originates from the field of ACG(animation,cartoon and game),comes from Japaneseコン(con) and is similar to chi(痴) and pi(癖).They are always used to express someone who has some particular complex or has abnormal preference,which reflects a sense of metamorphosis.Kong(控) is an additional quasi-suffix,which means identical or common or a kind of people.The semantics of x-kongs’(x控) is the result of one meaning category kong(控) which is multiplied by one sememe x.From the aspect of semantics,"occupying one point and controlling a field" will make the x-kongs’(x控) no more intelligible.