Foreign-inspired Chinese terms : a cognitive semantic approach /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Li, Suogui.
Imprint:	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (250 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Chinese language -- Foreign elements. Chinese language -- Foreign words and phrases. Chinese language -- Foreign elements. Chinese language -- Foreign words and phrases. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11133325

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9780773411043 0773411046
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book aims to classify the word production of foreign-inspired Chinese terms (FICT), within the language system of modern Chinese according to principles of cognitive semantics. FICT refers to a group of vocabulary items in Chinese that are formed and motivated by foreign entities or concepts. These words are designated by some foreign words, but no established foreign elements are in fact transferred from the donor language. Cognitive semantics, the approach adopted by this book, is the study of the mind and its relationship with embodied experience and culture. The book establishes a gro.
Other form:	Print version: Li, Suogui. Foreign-Inspired Chinese Terms : A Cognitive Semantic Approach. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2011 9780773426207

Similar Items