Author(s): WU Yan, College of Humanities of Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Department of Minority Languages and Literature of Minzu University of China
Pages: 48-53
Year: 2016 Issue:  9
Journal: Journal of Qinzhou Teachers College
Keyword:  Dong-Tai Nationality; Rice; Li Nationality; Vocabulary; cultural connotation;
Abstract: It is generally believed that the ancestors of Dong-Tai nationality( Baiyue people) planted rice very early,which brought a close relationship between Dong-Tai nationality and rice culture. Through synchronic vocabulary comparison,this paper explored the diachronic changes of Dong-Tai nationality’s rice culture in the social development,and concluded that Li nationality retained homologous rice vocabulary with Dong-Tai nationality even though they became divided from the Baiyue people very early. This provides linguistic evidence for rice culture before division in the Baiyue Period,as well as presents the situation of rice agriculture of Li nationality after division.