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Embodied Conceptualization or Neural Realization

A Corpus-Driven Study of Mandarin Synaesthetic Adjectives

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Authors:
  1. Qingqing Zhao

    1. Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

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  • Focuses on linguistic synaesthesia in a hitherto less-studied language
  • Discusses a wealth of interdisciplinary theories
  • Challenges previous assumptions regarding linguistic synaesthesia
  • Holds significant implications for linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience

Part of the book series: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics (FiCL, volume 10)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to Synaesthesia

    • Qingqing Zhao
    Pages 1-17

  3. Methodology: A Corpus-Driven Approach

    • Qingqing Zhao
    Pages 19-34

  4. Mandarin Tactile Adjectives

    • Qingqing Zhao
    Pages 35-68

  5. Mandarin Gustatory Adjectives

    • Qingqing Zhao
    Pages 69-80

  6. Mandarin Visual, Auditory, and Olfactory Adjectives

    • Qingqing Zhao
    Pages 81-104

  7. Mandarin Compound Adjectives Combining Different Modalities

    • Qingqing Zhao
    Pages 105-114

  8. From Linguistic Synaesthesia to Conceptual Metaphor Theory

    • Qingqing Zhao
    Pages 115-128

  9. Conclusion

    • Qingqing Zhao
    Pages 129-130

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 131-145
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About this book

This book focuses on linguistic synaesthesia in a hitherto less-studied language – Mandarin Chinese – and adopts a corpus-driven approach to support the analysis and argumentation. The study identifies directional tendencies and underlying mechanisms for Mandarin synaesthetic adjectives. By doing so, it not only provides an added layer of understanding for theories of linguistic synaesthesia, but also offers evidence to help refine previous theories, such as Embodiment Theory and Conceptual Metaphor Theory. 


In brief, the book makes a significant contribution to the development of Cognitive Linguistics. The intended readership includes, but is not limited to, graduate students in linguistics and researchers interested in Chinese linguistics in particular, and in lexical semantics and cognitive linguistics in general.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

    Qingqing Zhao

About the author

Dr Qingqing Zhao received her PhD from the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Her main research interests are lexical semantics and cognitive linguistics, topics on which she has published more than ten papers in high-impact SCI/SSCI journals and prestigious CSSCI journals, including Linguistics, PLoS ONE, Zhongguoyuwen, and so on.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Embodied Conceptualization or Neural Realization

  • Book Subtitle: A Corpus-Driven Study of Mandarin Synaesthetic Adjectives

  • Authors: Qingqing Zhao

  • Series Title: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9315-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Peking University Press 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9314-4Published: 11 September 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9317-5Published: 11 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9315-1Published: 31 August 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2522-5308

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-5316

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 145

  • Number of Illustrations: 86 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Theoretical Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Chinese

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