Similarities of Metaphorical Uses of Wind in English and Chinese
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Weiji Chen
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Weiji Chen
Available Online April 2019.
- DOI
- 10.2991/ecss-19.2019.106How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- wind; metaphor; English; Chinese.
- Abstract
Metaphorical uses of wind in English and Chinese can be classified into two types: in the form of idiom and in the form of single word. Wind’s attribute in the source doamin is mapped onto the target domain to talk about the target concept. The most frquently uesed metaphor is related to the force of wind, including the driving force and destructive force.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Weiji Chen PY - 2019/04 DA - 2019/04 TI - Similarities of Metaphorical Uses of Wind in English and Chinese BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Education, Culture and Social Sciences (ECSS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 520 EP - 523 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ecss-19.2019.106 DO - 10.2991/ecss-19.2019.106 ID - Chen2019/04 ER -