A cognitive study of polysemy in Chinese 手 shǒu and Spanish mano ‘hand’

  • Xin Wei 魏欣 Universidad de Granada
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/CLAC.52778
Keywords: polysemy, cognitive linguistic, compared Chinese and Spanish, semantic association

Abstract

When studying polysemy in Chinese and Spanish, a cognitive approach shows what is common in the polysemous patterns of both languages, so that we can make generalizations applicable to other languages and other semantic phenomena of language. The paper’s hypothesis is that there are universal mechanisms of semantic extension that can be highlighted and can be used in teaching and learning languages.

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Published
2016-05-26
How to Cite
Wei 魏欣 X. (2016). A cognitive study of polysemy in Chinese 手 shǒu and Spanish mano ‘hand’. Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 66, 382-401. https://doi.org/10.5209/CLAC.52778
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Vol. 66 (2016)
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