Xinxin Shan
List of John Benjamins publications for which Xinxin Shan plays a role.
Article
2018 Metaphorical motion in Chinese Cognitive Linguistic Studies 5:2, pp. 230–260 | Article
This paper focuses on metaphorical motion in the Chinese language by investigating how various abstract concepts are construed in terms of spatial motion. The claim that the primary metaphor, change is motion, is central to metaphorical motion is confirmed, and we further examine sorts of target… read more