Cultural Linguistics Jining Place Names Study

The name of place is the expression of the culture in different social and historical times combining the social and historical culture always. The name of place in the city is the reflection on the language of city culture in different times and the barometer of the change of city in the aspects of history, geography, politics, economics and culture. With the view of cultural language, the thesis shows us the social and cultural changes and the public mind, fills the research blank of cultural linguistics about the name of place in Jining, and supports the advice for the Jining's city construction by the method of induction, documentary study and observation. The thesis was divided into four parts.The first part is the introduction which shows the geography and social and cultural survey in Jining and the information of the research about the name of Jining's place, in addition to the research method of the name of Jining's place. At last the range, aim, meaning and steps were discussed.The second part is about the different naming ways in Jining. Based on the abundant corpus, we can get a classification of the naming place. This part analyzed the reason of naming of Jining places which is abundant with culture, and explained the close relationship between the name of place and culture. The third part is about the reflection of culture hiding in the name of Jining place. As the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, Suzhou in the north China and Capital of canal, Jining has its own special form of social and historical culture. The particularity of Jining makes a full reflection. This part discusses the special relationship between the name of Jining place and social and historical culture in Jining from the aspects of geography, economics, religion and politics.The fourth part is about the public mind of the Jining name. The name of place contracts social and historical culture deeply, and reflects the public mind of the native people. This part focuses on the public mind of Jining people mixed with Jining's character of being the headstream of Confucius and a north city.The fifth part is the conclusion. The name of Jining changes along with the development of city and records the new happening in the city. The names came from the history is the treasure of city culture. The research holds the aim that keeping our eyes on the cherish and leaving a place for the traditional culture in the industrial world.