对称谓的研究是社会语言学研究的一个重要课题。“小姐”作为一个称谓词,从宋代至今日,具有悠久的历史,其语义经历了由贬到褒再到贬的多次变化。在当今社会生活中,“小姐”一词的语义变化颇具戏剧性。究其变化的原因,其中包含着诸多社会语言学因素。本文以中国大陆为背景,从社会语言学的角度,首先回顾“小姐”这一称谓的使用历史,然后重点考察其使用现状并分析其发生变化,尤其是近年来所发生的语义转变的原因。 The study of symmetry is an important issue in the study of social linguistics. As an appellation, “Miss” has a long history from the Song Dynasty to the present day, and its semanteme has undergone many changes from depreciation to compliment to demotion. In today’s social life, the word “miss” has a dramatic semantic change. The reason for its change, which contains many socio-linguistic factors. From the perspective of sociolinguistics, this paper first reviews the history of the use of the title “Miss”, and then focuses on its use status and analyzes its changes, especially the semantic changes that have taken place in recent years the reason.