The metaphorical orientation of time in Chinese

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1335-1354

  Yu, Ning ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Ego Reference Point; Human Referent; Metaphorical time orientation; Reference frame; Time Reference Point; Time Referent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864301397     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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