Metaphor in Chinese

Kathleen Ahrens; Siaw Fong Chung

doi:10.4324/9781315625157-24

Metaphor in Chinese

Kathleen Ahrens
, Siaw Fong Chung

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This chapter introduces research on metaphors in Chinese, encompassing both theoretical and applied studies of metaphor, with a particular focus on metaphor research in the fields of computational linguistics, psycholinguistics and lexical semantics. Cultural and cross-cultural analyses of metaphors are also presented, along with a brief overview of metaphor studies in translation, advertising, and counselling.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Applied Linguistics
Editors	Chu-Ren Huang , Zhuo Jing-Schmidt, Barbara Meisterernst
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Inc.
Pages	364-378
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317231158
ISBN (Print)	9781138650732
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315625157-24
Publication status	Published - 28 Mar 2019

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