以語料庫為基礎，在現代閩南語當中，「頭」字的語義發展大致符合Heine et al（1991）所提的規律：person ＞ object ＞ process ＞ space ＞ time ＞ quality；就構詞角度而言，「頭」字的用法可分成：單字詞、複合詞的詞根及詞綴三種。在考慮「頭」的語義發展及使用頻率後，教材的安排及教學內容的複雜度應隨著不同階段而逐漸加深。

Based on corpus, in Taiwan Southern Min dialect, the semantic development of thou follows the rule proposed by Heine et al (1991): PERSON ＞ OBJECT ＞ PROCESS ＞ SPACE ＞ TIME ＞ QUALITY; from morphological perspective, the function of thou includes word, stem and affix. Considering the semantic development and frequency of different functions of thou, the arrangement and the complexity of teaching materials should be varied with different levels of students.