An Ethnosemantic Analysis of Fish Terms in Khmer
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The research aims to: 1) analyze and categorize the characteristics of Khmer fish terms, and 2) analyze the semantic domains represented by the use of modifiers in Khmer fish terms. This research is qualitative. The data was collectedfrom Khmer Dictionary (2022) and two Khmer books: Fish of the Cambodian Freshwater Bodies (2019) and Marine Fishes in The Kingdom of Cambodia (2008). The Data analysis was based on Ottenheimer’s (2006) and Nida’s (1979) concept of ethnosemantics. The results of the characteristics of Khmer fish terms indicated that there were three groups: 1) single words 2) compound words and 3) words with modifiers. However, the meaning of modifiers can categorize into six semantic domains:
1) salient characteristics of fish 2) animals, plants and humans 3) nature 4) food and objects 5) ore and 6) verbs and adjectives.
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