A pragmatics-cognitive approach to the opposition relations lexicalized in Chinese

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ID10140997
AuthorsBaiyao Zuo (0000-0002-6506-2443, East China Normal University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume61
Issue2
Pages439-462
Publication date2024-05-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226724000173
OpenAlexW4397021901
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

Contrast, adversative and corrective can all be represented by er in Classical Chinese, but they are lexicalized respectively by er , danshi and ershi in Modern Chinese. The two lexicalization systems suggest that the opposition relations have commonalities as well as differences. In the framework of relevance theory and ‘three domains’, this study argues that the three opposition relations are in different cognitive domains, at different representational levels, and trigger different inferences, which accounts for their diverse lexicalizations in Modern Chinese. The opposition relations also have cognitive or metaphorical connections with each other, which justifies their unified actualization in Classical Chinese. The pragmatics-cognitive framework could also account for interlinguistic data

Cognition · Linguistics · Opposition (politics · Political science · Pragmatics · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology

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