民国《云阳县志·方言》植物类名物词命名取象探析

An Analysis on the Naming Mechanism of Plant-type Entity Nouns in Dialect of Yunyang County Annals in Public of China Period

文章对民国云阳方言41个植物类名物词命名取象的依据以及命名取象的规律进行了探讨,认为植物类名物词的命名取象是有规律的,在形体、性态、颜色、功用、气味、质地、滋味等八大类取象名素中,往往是视觉感知优先,在视觉感知中又以形体为先,在形体感知中以形状为优;而性态以空间为先,习性次之;颜色和功用在这八大类取象名素中同样具有重要地位。说明人们对客观事物的感知绝大部分是来源于视觉。

This paper analyzes the naming mechanism for 41 plant-type entity nouns in Dialect of Yunyang County Annals. It is thought that the nomination has certain rules in terms of eight elements such as form, gender, color, function, smell, texture, taste and integration, with visual perception enjoying priority. And in visual perception, form comes first; and for form, shape is preferred; for gender, space is preferred, and habits follows; Among the eight elements, color and function play an equally important role. It concludes that vision constitutes the majority of people＇s perceiving the objective world.