Shan Food: Strategies in Naming and the Reflection of Shan Food Culture in Chiang Mai อาหารไทใหญ่: กลวิธีการตั้งชื่อและภาพสะท้อนวัฒนธรรมอาหารของชาวไทใหญ่ ในจังหวัดเชียงใหม่

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Strategies in Naming Shan Food Reflection of Culture Chiang Mai

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Phannida Khanthaphad
Thai and Eastern Languages Section, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Maejo University

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This research investigated the naming strategies for Shan food and the reflection of the food culture of Shan people in Chiang Mai. From the 287 food names analyzed by using the concepts of cognitive semantics and anthropological linguistics, this research found that the Shan food names consisted of those with direct meanings and metaphorical meanings. The Shan food names with direct meanings when classified by the initial words of the food names, they reveal five structures as follows: 1) ingredient 2) food type 3)cooking method 4)food characteristic and 5)proper name. As for the metaphorical words, they can be classified into two forms: fully-metaphorical meanings and semi-metaphorical meanings. They mostly referred to humans, animals, natural materials, objects, and supernatural things. Concerning the reflection of the Shan food names, most of them contained the words /khao/ (rice), /thua/ (bean), and /phak/ (vegetable), reflecting that Shan food culture heavily relied on these three ingredients, as the main ingredients of their daily cuisine.

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2024): July-December
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