Subject index

• Academia Sinica Balanced Corpus of Modern Chinese60, 62

• accessibility185, 188, 198–199 , 204–205

• additive use (of hai) 58–61

• alternative use (of hai) 63–66

• anaphor185, 188–190 , 198–200 , 202, 204

• anaphoric reference188, 200, 204

• antecedent185, 188, 198–199 , 204

• attributive metaphor270, 275–276

• attributive similarity264, 280

• bi 61–62 , 70, 168, 230

• Binding Principle B188

• blending70, 73, 76, 85, 263

• c-command195, 195n2, 196, 199

• categorical preference303

• categorization152, 181–182 , 261, 270, 279, 288, 306

• caused motion99, 285–286 , 290–292 , 294–298 , 301–303 , 305–308

• China Cognitive Linguistics Association (CCLA)21

• Chinese Existential Construction74, 77, 80, 84

• Chinese idiom227, 230, 233, 236n2, 254

• Chinese National Corpus77

• clause component53

• coercive effect75

• cognitive construct18

• cognitive grammar119, 153, 181, 197, 205, 222, 232, 252

• cognitive neurolinguistics10

• cognitive poetics217, 221, 223

• cognitive pragmatics208, 208n2, 221–222

• cognitive semantics223, 308

• cognitive sociolinguistics207, 222

• collexeme analysis 76–77 , 95, 97, 118

• collocation analysis98, 101

• collostructional analysis76, 92–93 , 97, 109, 118

• collostructional strength73, 75–76 , 78, 88, 91, 97

• comment71, 188, 190, 192–196 , 205

• comparative use (of hai) 61–63

• complex sentence 185–188 , 190, 192–206 , 292, 308

• complex sentence proper186187

• compositionality73, 210, 210n5, 211, 229, 231–233 , 246–247 , 254

• comprehension50, 67, 85, 199, 223, 227, 229–231 , 233–235 , 238, 247, 250–254

• conceptual metaphor150, 209, 214–216 , 216n8, 217–221

• conceptual reference point197

• conceptual spatialization of actions157, 168

• concessive use (of hai) 53–55

• conjoint in reference197

• conjoint reference185, 200–201

• connective marker58

• constitutive metaphor 150–151

• construction grammar47, 68–69 , 92–93 , 97, 118, 207–208 , 210–213 , 220, 222

• constructional meaning74, 77, 82, 86–88 , 97, 112

• context 47–50 , 50n1, 53–57 , 62, 64, 66–67 , 70, 150, 161, 173–174 , 180, 198–199 , 208, 211–212 , 215–216 , 218–220 , 227, 229, 232–237 , 240, 242, 244–245 , 247–259 , 286, 289

• contrastive analysis147

• convention of language211

• convention of use212

• coreference188, 197–198

• coreferential189, 197–198

• counter expectation57, 67

• cycle schema52

• descriptive words144, 146–147

• discourse analysis191, 205, 207, 222

• disjoint in reference185, 197

• disjoint reference185, 188, 197–198 , 200–201

• disposal construction95, 102–104 , 108, 119

• disposal event98, 102, 104, 108–109 , 111–112

• disyllabic verbs 161–162 , 166, 168, 180

• division of negatives121, 123, 125, 127, 147, 151, 154, 181

• dominion197

• equipollently-framed languages290

• ERPs227, 229, 231, 238–239 , 239n5, 245–246 , 252

• events79, 83–84 , 89, 91, 95, 101, 137–138 , 148, 151, 167, 239, 286–291 , 295, 297, 301–303 , 305–308

• explanatory adequacy32, 39

• explanatory metaphor150

• Expressiveness219

• fixation272, 285, 298, 300–301 , 303

• fixed expressions124, 210, 233

• greeting 207–209 , 209n4, 210–211 , 213, 220

• hai 47–52 , 52n4, 53–62 , 62n8, 63–64 , 66–70 , 72, 142, 231

• haishi 63–68 , 154

• haiyou 60–61 , 64, 67–68

• high accessibility marker199, 204

• huan48, 52, 52n4, 60, 138

• hypotaxis35

• identification of Topic190

• idiom 227–234 , 236, 236n2, 237–238 , 240, 242, 244–254

• idiom variant228, 232

• illocutionary force64

• inclusion relationship122

• indicative negation121, 125, 127, 129, 133

• indicative words147

• inter-clausal NP anaphora185, 204

• Intermediate Accessibility Marker199

• intonation unit51

• language teaching and acquisition11, 18, 25–26

• language – specific differences286

• linguistic relativity286, 288, 304, 306, 308

• low accessibility marker199

• manner74, 85, 87, 88, 91, 98, 147, 157, 229, 236n2, 237, 247, 285–286 , 286n1, 287–303 , 306

• marginality 56–57 , 64

• match-to-sample task 285–286 , 289, 296, 303

• matrix-subordinate construction287

• mental space9

• metaphor 150–153 , 207, 209, 214–216 , 216n8, 217–222 , 251–252 , 261–262 , 278–280

• metaphorical categorization261, 264, 268–270 , 277–279 , 281

• metaphorical mapping218

• metonymy 221–222

• model of idiom processing230

• monosyllabic verbs 161–162 , 180

• motion event typology 286–287 , 290

• negation121, 123–125 , 127, 129, 133–134 , 136, 141–142 , 147, 154, 155

• negation of nouns121, 125, 133–134

• negation of verbs125, 133–134

• negative affixes 135–136

• negatives121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 133–134 , 147–148 , 151–154 , 181

• neo-Gricean theory of pragmatics189

• not-negation124

• nominal characteristics166, 179, 180

• nominalization149, 151–152 , 161

• non-indicative negation121, 125, 127, 129, 133

• non-indicative words147

• non-you-negation129

• not-negation124

• noun negation127, 133

• NTU Spoken Corpus of Mandarin Chinese51, 51n2

• objectivism262

• offstage 97–98 , 102, 111

• onstage98, 102, 104, 111

• ontological investigation 7–8 , 10, 13, 17–18 , 25–27 , 39

• ontological metaphor150

• parataxis35

• path87, 89, 285–286 , 286n1, 287–297 , 297n2, 298–302 , 302n3, 303–304 , 306

• path salience292, 296

• persistence 54–55 , 59, 66–67

• polysemy 47–50 , 50n1, 51–53 , 58, 66, 70–71 , 232

• polysemy fallacy66

• pragmatic inferencing47

• pragmatics47, 50, 67–71 , 189, 207–208 , 208n2, 209, 211, 213–215 , 217–222 , 252–254 , 283, 294, 307

• predicate53, 59, 60–62 , 63n9, 65, 76, 97, 106, 113, 136, 150, 152, 188, 190, 192, 215

• predicationalization149

• preferential looking298, 303

• presupposition47, 49, 62

• pro-drop language187

• Pro-Drop Parameter 194–195

• processing 50–51 , 60, 117, 214, 222, 227, 229, 230–236 , 238, 242, 244–248 , 250, 251–254

• productivity 73–75 , 86–87 , 91–92

• participant role73, 83, 89–92

• prototype theory of categorization10, 32

• psycholinguistic verification11

• reaction time5, 233, 270, 272, 274, 285, 298

• referent101, 113, 157, 198–199 , 204

• referential accessibility185, 188

• referentialization149, 152

• relational category264

• relational metaphor278, 280

• relational similarity 264–265

• research methodology97, 288

• resultative Verb Compound (RVC)290

• rheme 191–192

• satellite-framing287, 290

• schema52, 52n4, 73, 99, 118, 217, 267

• schema induction266, 268

• schematic function/sense52

• semantic constraint73, 76, 84, 87–89 , 91, 235

• semantic relation74, 82

• semantic parsimony50

• shadowing condition (not found)

• shi53, 63–64 , 64n10, 65–67 , 75, 93, 109, 115, 117, 121, 129–132 , 132n3, 133–134 , 137–138 , 140, 142n5, 144, 147–148 , 151, 151n6, 152–154 , 182, 209, 220, 228, 253

• similarity judgment 288–289 , 296, 302–304 , 306

• source domain 215–216 , 216n8, 217–220

• spatial adjectives169, 172, 175, 177–178

• spatial cognition 285–286 , 296, 303

• spatial entities159, 172

• spatial locatives302

• spatiality 159–160 , 181–182

• speech act130, 207, 211, 214

• strand of CL 10–11

• structural salience185, 188, 196–199

• structural saliency197

• subject49, 62–63 , 76, 90, 96–98 , 101–102 , 109, 131, 136, 150, 168, 182, 185, 187–192 , 194–195 , 197–198 , 210

• subject-predicate concord190

• subjectification71, 95, 97–98 , 104, 112, 117–119

• subordinate clause185, 187–188 , 192–198 , 202

• subordinate conjunction185, 187, 194–195 , 197, 201–203

• supra-noun category123, 148–150

• target domain 215–216 , 216n8, 217–220

• temporal characteristics159

• temporal continuance use (of hai) 54–55

• temporality 159–160 , 181–182

• the Adj + N pattern in Chinese158, 169

• the Adj + V pattern in Chinese158, 160–161 , 169

• the Adjective + Verb construction157see also the Adj + V pattern in Chinese

• the Chinese way of conceptualizing actions or activities as entities or substances158

• theme71, 73, 89–92 , 108, 191–192

• theory of Accessibility199

• there is 49–50 , 54, 58, 63, 67, 73–74 , 82–83 , 85, 87, 89, 108, 121, 128–134 , 136, 142–143 , 146–149 , 151, 155, 162, 168, 198, 203, 207, 217, 220, 254–255

• things52, 70, 98, 119, 126, 134, 136, 138, 148, 150, 198–200 , 204, 210, 210n5, 211, 213–215 , 217, 220, 222, 255–256 , 262, 264, 282, 289, 298

• “Thinking for Speaking” hypothesis304

• topic61, 63, 68, 70, 182, 188–198 , 205–206 , 208, 217, 261–262 , 262n1, 263, 266, 268–272 , 277–280

• topic Identification Principle191, 195

• topical Theme191

• topicality185, 188, 198, 204

• universal cognitive primitive285

• verb negation121, 123, 127, 133

• (verb-construction) Semantic relation189, 202, 204

• verb-framing287, 302

• verbs in Chinese110, 122–123 , 154, 161, 166, 166n9, 169, 181, 302

• weakly c-command195, 195n2, 196

• you-negation129

• zero anaphor 189–190 , 200204

• zero pronoun188