Plant Names around Kwan Phayao, Thailand: A Cognitive Linguistic Study

Phitsinee Sathientharadol, Sommai Rodpan

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze metaphor, metonymy, and metaphtonymy and their frequency of occurrence in northern plant names around Kwan Phayao (Phayao Lake), Phayao Province, Thailand. Qualitative and quantitative research collected 326 local plant names for 171 plant species from nine communities around the lake. The instrument consisted of pictures of each plant and recorders. Eighteen local people who were aged more than 50 years and had been living around the lake for more than 10 years were randomly selected from each community. According to the findings, arbitrariness between language form and its meaning accounted for the highest percentage of plant naming (57%), whereas cognitive linguistic processing, which included metonymies (34%), metaphors (7.3%), and metaphtonymies (1.5%), accounted for 43%. 

 

Keywords: plant names, cognitive linguistics, metaphor, metonymy.

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55463/hkjss.issn.1021-3619.62.41


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