Jock Wong
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jock Wong plays a role.
Articles
2021 “Is beauty only skin deep?”: The conceptualization of ‘beauty’ in Mandarin Chinese The Conceptualization of ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Ugly’ across Languages and Cultures, Gladkova, Anna and Jesús Romero-Trillo (eds.), pp. 35–61 | Article
From a semantic and cultural perspective, one could ask a number of questions regarding the English word ‘beauty’ and the adjectival form ‘beautiful’ when they are used to refer to visual aspects of people. Given that scholars and professionals in the beauty industry frequently use the words to… read more
2016 “Walking” and “running” in English and German: The conceptual semantics of verbs of human locomotion Review of Cognitive Linguistics 14:2, pp. 303–336 | Article
This study examines the conceptual semantics of human locomotion verbs in two languages – English and German – using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage approach. Based on linguistic evidence, it proposes semantic explications for English walk and run, and their nearest counterparts in German, i.e.… read more
2008 Anglo English and Singapore English tags: Their meanings and cultural significance Pragmatics & Cognition 16:1, pp. 88–117 | Article
This study investigates a few Anglo English and Singapore English tags. The focus is on their meaning and the ways of thinking they reflect, rather than their forms and functions. The study contrasts the so-called Anglo English tag questions and the Singapore English tag is it? and tries to show… read more