A Study on the Source Domain Cognition of Love Metaphors in Yao Folk Songs

Jiansheng YAN

Abstract


Using folk hand-copied text of Yao folk songs collected from Yao counties and Yao townships around Hezhou City as corpus, this study explores the diversity of the source domain of love metaphors in them. Research has shown that due to ethnic integration, the metaphorical origin of love in Yao folk songs has diverse and regional characteristics. The origin of love not only comes from the cultural traditions of the Yao ethnic group itself, but also from the animals and plants, love tokens, and agricultural products and other daily necessities in the production as well as the living environment of the Han ethnic group. The expression of love in Yao folk songs tends to be implicit and concise. Besides, the diversity of love metaphor sources reflects the rich and colorful culture of the Yao ethnic group.


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Love metaphors; Yao folk songs; Source domain

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/13597

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