客闽族群对河流通名之用法差异Differencesintheuseofgeneral.PDFVIP

91 地理研究 第64期 民國105年5月 Journal of Geographical Research No.64, May 20 16 DOI: 10.6234/JGR.20 16.64.05 客、閩 族群對河流通名之用法差異 Differences in the use of general river names between Hakka and Min ethnic groups 韋煙灶 a Yen-Tsao Wei Abstract This study use interdisciplinary approach to integrate geography, linguistics and history, and focus on differences in general river name between the Hakka and Min ethnic groups in Taiwan, Fujian and Eastern Guangdong. The general names of river include: Jiang (江), he (河), xi (溪), gang (港), chuan (川), shui (水), ke (嵙), ke (窠), keng (坑), gou (溝) and so on. This study aims to discuss the etymology of those general names and explore the characteristics of spatial distribution in the Hakka and Min dialect regions of Taiwan, Fujian and Eastern Guangdong. We also want to know the causality of the shaping spatial distribution and present theoretical arguments and documents. This article focuses on rivers to retrieve place names information through the Fujian and Guangdong provincial atlas, and conduct a statistical analysis. From these research results, whether in the Guangdong or Fujian Provinces, or in the Hakka and Min dialect regions, the general name of high-grade rivers is mostly named “Jiang (江)”. The low-grade rivers in Min dialect region is mostly named “xi (溪)”. The Hakka dialect region in southwestern Fujian is still “xi (溪)” dominant, but in eastern Guangdong Hakka dialect region is “he (河)” predominance. In Taiwan, the vast majority of the general river names are “xi (溪)”. Some use “he (河)” for high-grade rivers, such as Tams