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In different cultures, the way of swearing also corresponds to the social culture of the whole ethnic group and has different expressions. It is part of the whole cosmic cognitive system of the ethnic group and the presentation of a set of values. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the cursing words of Vinungalidan Paiwan (Wangjia dialect), find out the mutual promotion between Paiwan culture and language, and then to understand the cultural meaning of cursing words in Vinungalidan Paiwan. Language, culture and cognition are closely related. This study deconstructs the semantic content of cursing words with reference to Paiwan grammar and analyzes the expression forms of curse words from the perspective of linguistic behavior. This Paper uses the logic of cognitive linguistics to explore the thinking mode of cursing under the framework of Paiwan traditional culture and tries to explore the cultural connotation hidden in the form of cursing language from the perspective of cultural linguistics, so as to prove that language reflects the thinking and culture (belief and attitude) of ethnic groups. This study found that the expression forms of Vinungalidan Paiwan cursing words can be divided into two parts: word formation form and sentence form. In the form of word formation, except taboo words, private parts and excretion-related words can form curse words by themselves, and other words are mostly in the form of adding prefix, suffix and word root overlap. The sentence form of imperative sentence is more common, which is used to express the verbal information of command and insult. Other sentence forms include declarative sentence, exclamatory sentence and interrogative sentence to express the emotion of blame or dissatisfaction, and to increase the strength and function of cursing words by the way of the overlap of short cursing words.These insults include curse, intimidation, ridicule, contempt and disparagement. The Paper explores the relationship between the conceptual metaphor operation mode of the Paiwan people and the meaning of cursing words, and it finds that the cursing words in Vinungalidan Paiwan reveal the views of life and death, life, education and emotion of the Paiwan people, and it also reflects the three core cultural values ‘Respect’ ‘Harmony’ and ‘diligence’ of the Paiwan people. The cursing words hidden in Vinungalidan convey the behavioral norms of Paiwan people and their purpose of inheriting cultural connotations. |