Chinese Nominal Groups: The Metaphorical Realization of Figures

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dc.contributor.authorHao, Jing
dc.contributor.authorWang, Pin
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-26T13:59:00Z
dc.date.available2023-01-26T13:59:00Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we examine how nominal groups in Mandarin Chinese are involved in the realization of experiential grammatical metaphors, drawing on data from a history textbook chapter that recounts historical activities in the Opium War. We approach nominal group realizations of historical activities from a 'top-down' perspective along the hierarchy of stratification. While the discourse semantic figures construing activities can be realized congruently through a clause, the academic discourse of history favors nominal realizations. Previous descriptions of nominal groups in Mandarin Chinese have focused predominantly on the realization of entities. The nominal realizations of figures, however, have yet to be given sufficient consideration. We will show that some elements involved in such nominal groups do not share the functional characteristics of congruent ones. In addition to recognizable functions including Thing, Epithet, Measurer, Deictic and Qualifier, two distinctive functions, named here as Target and Orientation, are also identified. Our study aims to illustrate a descriptive method that considers multiple strata and provide a description of nominal groups involved in metaphorical realizations. The study suggests that grammatical descriptions need to reason from above, as well as round about and below - taking into account both discourse semantics and register variation.
dc.description.funderFONDECYT
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-01-26
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00437956.2021.2024352
dc.identifier.eissn2373-5112
dc.identifier.issn0043-7956
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00437956.2021.2024352
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/66430
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000811899600002
dc.information.autorucFacultad de letras; Hao, Jing; S/I; 1099814
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.pagina.final144
dc.pagina.inicio109
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD
dc.revistaWord
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectChinese
dc.subjectNominal group
dc.subjectFigure
dc.subjectGrammatical metaphor
dc.subjectDiscourse semantics
dc.titleChinese Nominal Groups: The Metaphorical Realization of Figures
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen68
sipa.codpersvinculados1099814
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.indexScopus
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