Embodied Conceptualization or Neural Realization
A Corpus-Driven Study of Mandarin Synaesthetic Adjectives
1st Edition
Published on 31. August 2019
XIII, 145 pages
978-981-329-315-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book focuses on linguistic synaesthesia in a hitherto less-studied language - Mandarin Chinese - and adopts a corpus-driven approach to support the analysis and argumentation. The study identifies directional tendencies and underlying mechanisms for Mandarin synaesthetic adjectives. By doing so, it not only provides an added layer of understanding for theories of linguistic synaesthesia, but also offers evidence to help refine previous theories, such as Embodiment Theory and Conceptual Metaphor Theory.
In brief, the book makes a significant contribution to the development of Cognitive Linguistics. The intended readership includes, but is not limited to, graduate students in linguistics and researchers interested in Chinese linguistics in particular, and in lexical semantics and cognitive linguistics in general.
In brief, the book makes a significant contribution to the development of Cognitive Linguistics. The intended readership includes, but is not limited to, graduate students in linguistics and researchers interested in Chinese linguistics in particular, and in lexical semantics and cognitive linguistics in general.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Publishing group
Springer Singapore
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XIII, 145 p. 86 illus.
File size
6,17 MB
ISBN-13
978-981-329-315-1 (9789813293151)
DOI
10.1007/978-981-32-9315-1
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Qingqing Zhao
Embodied Conceptualization or Neural Realization
A Corpus-Driven Study of Mandarin Synaesthetic Adjectives
Book
09/2019
Springer
€106.99
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Person
Dr Qingqing Zhao
received her PhD from the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Her main research interests are lexical semantics and cognitive linguistics, topics on which she has published more than ten papers in high-impact SCI/SSCI journals and prestigious CSSCI journals, including
Linguistics
,
PLoS ONE
,
Zhongguoyuwen
, and so on.
Content
Chapter 1.- Introduction to synaesthesia.- Chapter 2 Methodology: A corpus-driven approach.- Chapter 3 Mandarin tactile adjectives.- Chapter 4 Mandarin gustatory adjectives.- Chapter 5 Mandarin visual, auditory, and olfactory adjectives.- Chapter 6 Mandarin compound adjectives combining different modalities.- Chapter 7 From linguistic synaesthesia to Conceptual Metaphor Theory and embodiment.- Chapter 8 Conclusion.
