Social Transformation and Power Structures Reflected in Language: A Review of Research on Language Life in Ming-Qing Society

Journal of Language Situation and Language Service

JLSLS, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2025, pp.153-156.

Print ISSN: 3078-3755; Online ISSN: 3104-5065

Journal homepage: https://www.lslsjournal.com

DOI：Https://doi.org/10.64058/JLSLS.25.1.17

语言镜像中的社会变迁与权力结构

——《明清社会语言生活研究》评介

夏    仲（Xia Zhong）

摘要：《明清社会语言生活研究》是一部以社会语言学理论为框架，以明清白话小说为主要语料，系统考察明清时期语言与社会互动关系的学术著作。该书通过分析语言的时代性、地域性、阶层变异、性别差异及行业语言等维度，揭示了明清社会语言生活的多元面貌，并探讨了语言与社会变迁、文化传承之间的深层联系。该论著不仅丰富了历史社会语言学领域的相关研究，也为当代语言规划、语言生活研究提供了参考和借鉴。

关键词：明清白话小说；语言变异；语言生活

作者简介：夏仲，广州华商学院文学院讲师，广州大学汉语国际教育领域教育博士研究生，研究方向：汉语国际教育。电邮：1094317794@qq.com。

Title: Social Transformation and Power Structures Reflected in Language: A Review of Research on Language Life in Ming-Qing Society

Abstract: Research on Language Life in Ming-Qing Society is a sociolinguistic study that ex­amines the interaction between language and society during the Ming-Qing period, using ver­nacular fiction as its primary corpus. The work analyzes linguistic variations across time, re­gion, social class, gender, and profession, revealing the diversity of language practices in Ming-Qing society and their connection to social change and cultural transmission. This study not only fills a gap in the field of historical sociolinguistics, but also provides valuable refer­ences and insights for contemporary language planning and research on language life.

Keywords: Ming-Qing vernacular fiction; language variation; language life

Author Biography: Xia Zhong, Lecturer at Guangzhou Huashang College, Doctoral student at Guangzhou University. Research focus: International Chinese Education. E-mail: 1094317774@qq.com.

 Received: 20 May 2025 / Revised: 16 Jun 2025 / Accepted: 22 Jun 2025 / Published online: 30 Jun 2025 / Print published: 30 Jun 2025.