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Comparison of Metaphorical Expressions of the Heart between Chinese and English
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Cheng, Gong – English Language Teaching, 2021
This study intends to provide a semantic analysis of metaphorical expressions containing the body-part term "heart" in Chinese and English. The discussion of these expressions revolves around four perceived roles of the heart. It is suggested that the metaphorical consequences have a bodily or psychological basis on our hearts. The…
Descriptors: Chinese, English, Figurative Language, Language Patterns