@article{ART003341614},
author={Hwang Hoonam and Wu Zhengxuan},
title={A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2026},
number={80},
pages={181-205},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hwang Hoonam
AU - Wu Zhengxuan
TI - A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 80
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 181
EP - 205
SN - 1738-0502
AB - Based on the source–target mapping framework in cognitive linguistics, this study examines dog-related proverbs in Chinese and Mongolian, aiming to classify their semantic functions and conduct a cross-cultural comparison. The data are categorized into seven types, revealing that the animal domain “dog” performs multiple cognitive functions across different contexts.
The findings show that these seven types correspond to distinct cognitive mechanisms, including social criticism, experiential generalization, risk awareness, normative construction, functional evaluation, personality construction, and emotional allocation. This suggests that animal metaphor is a process of functional reorganization of source-domain features within different experiential frameworks. In the cross-linguistic comparison, Chinese tends to emphasize relational structure, ethical order, and behavioral regulation, whereas Mongolian highlights functional realization, situational adaptation, and action-oriented processes. This difference reflects the divergence in cognitive patterns shaped by agrarian and nomadic socio-ecological systems.
On this basis, the study proposes a socio-cognitive functional model of animal metaphor, offering a new perspective for understanding the relationship among language, cognition, and social structure.
KW - Animal metaphor;Source–target mapping;Cognitive functions;Proverbs;Chinese–Mongolian comparison;Socio-cognitive model
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007
ER -
Hwang Hoonam and Wu Zhengxuan. (2026). A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 80, 181-205.
Hwang Hoonam and Wu Zhengxuan. 2026, "A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.80, pp.181-205. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007
Hwang Hoonam, Wu Zhengxuan "A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 80 pp.181-205 (2026) : 181.
Hwang Hoonam, Wu Zhengxuan. A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping. 2026; 80 : 181-205. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007
Hwang Hoonam and Wu Zhengxuan. "A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.80(2026) : 181-205.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007
Hwang Hoonam; Wu Zhengxuan. A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 80, 181-205. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007
Hwang Hoonam; Wu Zhengxuan. A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2026; 80 181-205. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007
Hwang Hoonam, Wu Zhengxuan. A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping. 2026; 80 : 181-205. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007
Hwang Hoonam and Wu Zhengxuan. "A Comparative Study of Dog-Related Proverbs in Agrarian and Nomadic Cultural Contexts from the Perspective of Source–Target Mapping" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.80(2026) : 181-205.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.007
