Product Description
by Qin Xiugui (Author), Tie Yi (Author)
This volume seeks to discover the similarities and differences of metaphorical systems of English and Chinese. Adopting a comparative view, the authors examine the semantic extensions of perception words in English and Chinese, in order to reveal the metaphorical scope of each sense and the metaphorical system behind it.
Author Biography
Qin Xiugui is Professor and PhD Supervisor at Guangxi University for Nationalities. His major research interests include cognitive linguistics and foreign language teaching. He has published more than 30 journal articles, one monograph, one academic dictionary, and one textbook on translation.
Tie Yi is Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at Zhengzhou University. Her research interests include cognitive linguistics and comparative linguistics. She has published eight papers and one monograph.
