From body to meaning in culture : papers on cognitive semantic studies of Chinese /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yu, Ning, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2009]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Bodily experience in feeling and thinking
  • Metaphorical expressions of anger and happiness in English and Chinese
  • Body and emotion: body parts in Chinese expression of emotion
  • Synesthetic metaphor: a cognitive perspective
  • Chinese metaphors of thinking
  • Section 2. External body parts in conceptualization
  • The bodily dimension of meaning in Chinese: what do we do and mean with "hands"?
  • Figurative uses of finger and palm in Chinese and English
  • What does our face mean to us?
  • The eyes for sight and mind
  • Speech organs and linguistic activity and function
  • Section 3. Internal body organs in conceptualization
  • Metaphor, body, and culture: the Chinese understanding of gallbladder and courage
  • Heart and cognition in ancient Chinese philosophy
  • The Chinese conceptualization of the heart and its cultural context: implications for second language learning.