Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Chinese

Editors

Dingfang Shu

| Shanghai International Studies University

Hui Zhang

| Nanjing Normal University

Lifei Zhang

| Ningbo University

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Bringing together contributions from a group of prominent researchers, within a cognitive-linguistic framework, this volume sheds light on linguistic structures and usages characteristic of the Chinese language, including noun-verb inclusion, the conceptual spatialization of actions, existential constructions, conceptual structures and coherence, idioms and metaphors, language acquisition of caused motion, etc.

The contributions are committed to the principle of “converging evidence” that has been advocated in Cognitive Linguistics since its inception. Some studies in this volume combine introspective methods with theoretical analysis, while others rely on corpus-based, experimental and neuroscientific methods. Featuring diverse topics and multiple methods, this collection will be useful to readers who are interested in the grammatical and conceptual structure of Chinese, as well as in the state-of-the-art of Cognitive Linguistics in China.

[Human Cognitive Processing, 67] 2019. xv, 313 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.67

Table of Contents

Editors and contributors	viii
Series Editors’ Preface	ix–xi
Foreword	xiii–xiv
Abbreviations
Introduction to this volume Dingfang Shu, Hui Zhang and Lifei Zhang	1–6
General introduction: 30 years of Cognitive Linguistics in China Dingfang Shu, Lifei Zhang and Tian Li	7–44
Part I. Morphological, lexical and syntactic constructions
Chapter 1. When constructions meet context: The polysemy of Mandarin hai revisited Wei-lun Lu	47–72
Chapter 2. On the partial productivity of constructions: Creativity and semantic constraints on the Chinese zhe existential construction Zhen Tian	73–94
Chapter 3. A corpus-based study of subjectification and the disposal construction in modern Mandarin: The BA construction vs. the BA-GE construction Yuchen Li and Zhengguang Liu	95–120
Chapter 4. Types of negatives and the noun-verb distinction in English and Chinese Jiaxuan Shen	121–155
Chapter 5. The conceptual spatialization of actions or activities in Chinese: The Adjective + Verb construction Wenbin Wang	157–182
Part II. Cognitive pragmatics
Chapter 6. Structural salience and referential accessibility: A cognitive account of inter-clausal NP anaphora in Chinese complex sentences Yulong Xu	185–206
Chapter 7. Complementing cognitive linguistics with pragmatics and vice versa: Two illustrations from Chinese Rong Chen	207–223
Part III. Neurocognition and psycholinguistics
Chapter 8. A neurocognitive approach to Chinese idiom comprehension: An ERP study Hui Zhang	227–259
Chapter 9. The role of metaphor in categorization: A time course study Yumiao Gong and Rong Zhou	261–283
Chapter 10. Linguistic and mental representations of caused motion in Chinese and English children Yinglin Ji	285–308
Author index	309
Subject index	311–313

“In conclusion, this volume provides an excellent overview of contemporary cognitive linguistic studies on the Chinese language. Featuring a wide breadth of topics and a great richness of methodology, it contributes substantially to the existing literature of Cognitive Linguistics. It deserves to be on the bookshelves of those who are interested in Cognitive Linguistics in general as well as those who are interested in the study of the Chinese language in particular.”

Shuqiong Wu, Sichuan International Studies University, in Review of Cognitive Linguistics 18:2 (2020)

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