Metaphor, conceptual archetypes and subjectification: The case
of completion is up and the polysemy of shàng in Chinese

C 2017

Metaphor, conceptual archetypes and subjectification: The case of completion is up and the polysemy of shàng in Chinese

LU, Wei-lun

Basic information

Original name

Metaphor, conceptual archetypes and subjectification: The case of completion is up and the polysemy of shàng in Chinese

Authors

LU, Wei-lun (158 Taiwan, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1st edition. Amsterdam, Studies in Figurative Thought and Language, p. 231-249, 19 pp. Series: Human Cognitive Processing 56, 2017

Publisher

John Benjamins

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/17:00095780

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-90-272-4672-1

Keywords in English

Metaphor; conceptual archetype; polysemy

Abstract

V originále

In this paper, we discuss the relation between conceptual metaphor, conceptual archetype and subjectivity. We start by examining the polysemy of shang in Chinese, given the working of COMPLETION IS UP on its semantics. Based on corpus data, we sketch a possible route of semantic extension and argue that the synchronic distribution of shang is symptomatic of semantic attenuation. We also propose an image-schematic structure for each of the relevant senses of shang identified. With such analysis, we identify VERTICAL ELEVATION and CONTACT as two important conceptual archetypes that may help us understand the semantic extension and how COMPLETION IS UP is actually at work in the semantics of shang.

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