Semantic analysis of body-part terms “ASHI” “ATAMA” in Japanese-comparison with Chinese-

• Main Authors: Ming-chu Liang, 梁銘珠
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26743188731373876029

碩士 === 東吳大學 === 日本語文學系 === 99 === This paper aims to explore the Japanese "foot" (ASHI) "head" (ATAMA) of the semantic extension, and with the Chinese "foot" "head" of the semantic extension of the comparative analysis. This paper in addition to exploring the space metaphor of the "foot" and "head" attempts to infer the semantics of the extension process. Out of the way by the corpus sentences, the perspective of cognitive semantics, metaphor theory of reference (metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche )try to analyze. Research results as below: 1.Both in Japanese and Chinese , Foot have the ＜object the lower part of＞ ,＜slim object＞ .＜last＞ and other extending meaning. 2. Both in Japanese and Chinese , Head have the ＜upper object＞,＜hair＞,＜thinking＞,＜first＞,＜last＞ and other extending meaning. 3.Head ,the top of the body and the opposite side ,Foot. the bottom of the body.. Not only means the object location in the space , but also extends to reflect the social status. 4.Both in Janpanese and Chinese, we can find the example which is space mapping the time. 5. Semantic Extension which is from concrete to abstract and the embodiment mapping the outside world. But we also can find the “head” also means the “ending” and the other examples in Chinese.It shows language reflect the its own culture and base on daily life reflect their own unique metaphor.