A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of the Directional Motion Verbs wang往 and lai 来in the YiChing
The Chinese directional motion verbs wang往 and lai来can be glossed in English as ‘go’ and ‘come’, and the distinction between ‘go’ and ‘come’ in English is comparable to that between wang and lai in Chinese. Their usage in the YiChing is described and analyzed in this article. In the YiChing, wang a...
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The Chinese directional motion verbs wang往 and lai来can be glossed in English as ‘go’ and ‘come’, and the distinction between ‘go’ and ‘come’ in English is comparable to that between wang and lai in Chinese. Their usage in the YiChing is described and analyzed in this article. In the YiChing, wang and lai frequently co-occur in the same sentence, as well as occurring singly elsewhere. Based on a corpus analysis of the YiChing, combined with qualitative interpretive analysis, this article proposes that the majority of co-occurring usages of wang and lai are metaphorical. Metaphorical uses can also be found in the single usages of the two verbs. These metaphors are informed by the cultural practices and values that form the context for the YiChing as a cultural artifact as well as a classical text. Further, these directional motion verbs are based on metaphorical extensions that lead to their semantic changes (metaphors are based on the motion). Thus, the article further analyzes the role of metaphor and cultural context in the semantic changes to the directional motion verbs wang and lai.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1472b2ab9dac495f8781537dfd5466fa2023-05-04T08:30:42ZdeuEdiciones ComplutenseCírculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación1576-47372023-05-019410.5209/clac.71496A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of the Directional Motion Verbs wang往 and lai 来in the YiChingYancheng Yang0Chris Sinha1Henan University of Science and TechnologyUniversity of East Anglia The Chinese directional motion verbs wang往 and lai来can be glossed in English as ‘go’ and ‘come’, and the distinction between ‘go’ and ‘come’ in English is comparable to that between wang and lai in Chinese. Their usage in the YiChing is described and analyzed in this article. In the YiChing, wang and lai frequently co-occur in the same sentence, as well as occurring singly elsewhere. Based on a corpus analysis of the YiChing, combined with qualitative interpretive analysis, this article proposes that the majority of co-occurring usages of wang and lai are metaphorical. Metaphorical uses can also be found in the single usages of the two verbs. These metaphors are informed by the cultural practices and values that form the context for the YiChing as a cultural artifact as well as a classical text. Further, these directional motion verbs are based on metaphorical extensions that lead to their semantic changes (metaphors are based on the motion). Thus, the article further analyzes the role of metaphor and cultural context in the semantic changes to the directional motion verbs wang and lai. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CLAC/article/view/71496Wang 往 and lai 来semantic changedeixismetaphorthe YiChing |
| spellingShingle | Yancheng Yang Chris Sinha A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of the Directional Motion Verbs wang往 and lai 来in the YiChing Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación Wang 往 and lai 来 semantic change deixis metaphor the YiChing |
| title | A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of the Directional Motion Verbs wang往 and lai 来in the YiChing |
| title_full | A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of the Directional Motion Verbs wang往 and lai 来in the YiChing |
| title_fullStr | A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of the Directional Motion Verbs wang往 and lai 来in the YiChing |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of the Directional Motion Verbs wang往 and lai 来in the YiChing |
| title_short | A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of the Directional Motion Verbs wang往 and lai 来in the YiChing |
| title_sort | cognitive semantics analysis of the directional motion verbs wang往 and lai 来in the yiching |
| topic | Wang 往 and lai 来 semantic change deixis metaphor the YiChing |
| url | https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CLAC/article/view/71496 |
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