Conceptual metaphors of Chinese “脸face” and “面face”

• Main Authors: shifang, chen, Ting, Su Hie, Chuah, Kee Man
• 格式: Article
• 语言: English
• 出版: 2024
• 主题: P Philology. Linguistics
• 在线阅读: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47191/1/2024_ChenSF_Ting_Chuah_AJRESS_6%284%29_pp106_120_Face.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47191/; http://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ajress; https://doi.org/10.55057/ajress.2024.6.4.10

This study involved an analysis of face metaphors in the Center for Chinese Linguistics (CCL) corpus of Peking University. The two Chinese keywords used in the search were “脸face” and “面face”, and 50,000 relevant word tokens were obtained. Through quantitative analysis, it was found that there were...