| dc.description.abstract | This paper explores the metaphorical meanings of Hakka edible plants proverbs from both traditional rhetoric and cognitive linguistics, using Hakka edible plant proverbs as a source domain to explore how the characteristics of edible plants and similar experiences are linked and mapped to target domains, and analyzes the associations between the source and target domains. In the paper, we explore the cognition and imagination mapped by Hakka Proverbs and their influence on language and culture.
First, the specific and common edible plants were divided into four categories: rootstocks, fruits and vegetables, leafy vegetables, and rice and rice products according to the source domain, and then the four categories of edible plants were mapped from four different perspectives: ＂appearance characteristics,＂ ＂economic value,＂ ＂eating characteristics,＂ and ＂growing habits＂ to reveal people′s cognition of edible plants.
The second part of the study is an analysis of the target domains of Hakka edible plant proverbs, and analyze the types and frequency of Hakka edible plant proverbs that use the same or similar target domains. The target domain is divided into four categories of proverbs related to ＂people,＂ ＂things,＂ ＂time,＂ and ＂things＂.
Finally, we analyze Hakka cultural characteristics through the metaphorical content of Hakka edible plant proverbs, which are divided into two parts: external and internal. The former compares Hakka edible plant proverbs with Minnan proverbs to explore the commonalities of plant proverbs between the two major groups in Taiwan. The latter compares Hakka edible plant proverbs internally. The Hakka community′s edible plant proverbs are partially identical to those of the Minnan community, but the differences in living environments create different uses for edible plants, thus the Hakka community creates a unique food culture and cultural connotations. | en_US |