Publications

Publication details [#52771]

Ning Yu. 2009. The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective. Culture, Body, and Language. (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics 12). De Gruyter. ix+44 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

body part terminology | cognition | conceptualization | emotion | language and culture

Language as a subject

Chinese

Annotation

This cognitive semantic study deals with the Chinese conceptualization of the heart, considered holistically as the center of both emotions and thought, in contrast to the Western heart-head dichotomy.