From body to meaning in culture
Subtitle: papers on cognitive semantic studies of Chinese
By: Ning Yu.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789027232625; 9789027232632
Subjects: Chinese language -- Semantics
Other titles: Papers on cognitive semantic studies of Chinese
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1. Bodily experience in feeling and thinking; title: Metaphorical expressions of anger and happiness in English and Chinese; title: Body and emotion: body parts in Chinese expression of emotion; title: Synesthetic metaphor: a cognitive perspective; title: Chinese metaphors of thinking; title: Section 2. External body parts in conceptualization; title: The bodily dimension of meaning in Chinese: what do we do and mean with "hands?"; title: Figurative uses of finger and palm in Chinese and English; title: What does our face mean to US?; title: The eyes for sight and mind; title: Speech organs and linguistic activity and function; title: Section 3. Internal body organs in conceptualization; title: Metaphor, body, and culture: the Chinese understanding of gall bladder and courage; title: Heart and cognition in ancient Chinese philosophy; title: The Chinese conceptualization of the heart and its cultural context: implications for second language learning.