| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立新竹教育大學 === 臺灣語言與語文教育研究所 === 100 === This thesis investigates temporal expressions in Taiwanese Southern Min based on the perspective of spatial metaphor. The purpose is to explore the conceptualization of sptial metaphor in Taiwanese Sothern Min. On the basis of Conceptual Metaphor Theory proposed by Lakoff & Johnson (1980), the process of grammaticalization (Heine et al.1991a, b), word order and the conceptualization of whole and part (Tai 1989), we conduct a cross-language comparison of temporal expressions. The purpose is two folded. One is to figure out the conceptualization of the metaphorical expressions containing the spatial lexemes tsîng ‘front’, āu ‘back’, ting ‘top’, ē ‘down’, thâu ‘head’ and bué ‘tail’. The other is to explain the semantic differences resulting from collocation of these lexemes with different temporal expressions and word order change. The conclusions of this research are presented from cognitive viewpoint. On the one hand, the use of temporal expressions of tsîng ‘front’, āu ‘back’ and ting ‘top’, ē ‘down’ to refer to earlier and later time reflects a horizontal and vertical space respectively, but for thâu ‘head’ and bué ‘tail’, the spatial base seems to be both vertical and horizontal. On the other hand, the asymmetry emerges from collocation and word order discussed above can be attributed to the distance and salience in space that human beings perceive.
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