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Zhanna Zalledinova; Kunipa Ashinova; Almash Seidikenova; Gulnar Alipbayevna Karibayeva – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
The article presents the results of a comprehensive study of the complex cognitive-linguistic mechanisms underlying the formation and representation of spiritual-philosophical concepts in J. O'Donohue's "Anam Cara: Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World" (1997). Drawing on cognitive linguistics, philosophy, and cultural studies, the…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Spiritual Development, Figurative Language, Imagery
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Chen, Jenn-Yeu – Cognition, 2007
English uses the horizontal spatial metaphors to express time (e.g., the good days ahead of us). Chinese also uses the vertical metaphors (e.g., "the month above" to mean last month). Do Chinese speakers, then, think about time in a different way than English speakers? Boroditsky [Boroditsky, L. (2001). "Does language shape thought? Mandarin and…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Cognitive Psychology, Time Perspective, English