%0 Journal Article
%T The Semantic Evolution of the Internet Slang ˇ°Fang Ge Ziˇ± as ˇ°Breaking a Promiseˇ±
%A Xiaomeng Zhang
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 12
%N 8
%P 1-10
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2025
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1113899
%X As the research subject of historical pragmatics continues to expand, this study attempts to explore the semantic change that is occurring these days from the perspective of historical pragmatics. Taking the highly dynamic internet slang term ˇ°·Ĺ¸ë×Óˇ± (literally ˇ°release pigeonsˇ±, meaning to stand someone up) as an example, aim of this article is to investigate the diachronic evolving mechanism of its semantic shift from its literal meaning to ˇ°stand someone upˇ± with the consideration of regional variation and cross-regional interaction, based on a few corpora of different regions. The article is instrumental in proving the applicability of different types of reasoning in the semantic evolution of the same internet slang.
%K Internet Slang
%K Semantic Change
%K Corpora
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6867996