A constructional approach to conceptual metaphor : The case of COMPLETION IS UP in Chinese
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angličtina
Original language name
A constructional approach to conceptual metaphor : The case of COMPLETION IS UP in Chinese
Original language description
In this paper, we discuss the relation between conceptual metaphor, conceptual archetype and subjectivity. We start by examining the polysemy of shang in Chinese, given the working of COMPLETION IS UP on its semantics. Based on corpus data, we sketch a possible route of semantic extension and argue that the synchronic distribution of shang is symptomatic of semantic attenuation. We also propose an image-schematic structure for each of the relevant senses of shang identified. With such analysis, we identify VERTICAL ELEVATION and CONTACT as two important conceptual archetypes that may help us understand the semantic extension and how COMPLETION IS UP is actually at work in the semantics of shang.
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C - Chapter in a specialist book
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OECD FORD branch
60200 - Languages and Literature
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Studies in Figurative Thought and Language
ISBN
9789027246721
Number of pages of the result
19
Pages from-to
231-249
Number of pages of the book
327
Publisher name
John Benjamins
Place of publication
Amsterdam
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