文献类型：会议论文

英文题名：Metaphors in Chinese Accompanying Gesture Modality and Cognition

作者：Yao, Dengfeng[1,2];Jiang, Minghu[2];Abulizi, Abudoukelimu[2];Hou, Renkui[3];Shu, Lifei[4]

第一作者：Yao, Dengfeng

通讯作者：Jiang, MH[1]

机构：[1]Beijing Union Univ, Beijing Key Lab Informat Serv Engn, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China;[2]Tsinghua Univ, Lab Computat Linguist, Sch Humanities, Ctr Psychol & Cognit Sci, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China;[3]Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Chinese & Bilingual Studies, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China;[4]Beijing Union Univ, Special Educ Coll, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China

第一机构：北京联合大学北京市信息服务工程重点实验室

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Tsinghua Univ, Lab Computat Linguist, Sch Humanities, Ctr Psychol & Cognit Sci, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China.

会议论文集：18th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW)

会议日期：MAY 18-20, 2017

会议地点：Leshan Normal Univ, Leshan, PEOPLES R CHINA

主办单位：Leshan Normal Univ

语种：英文

外文关键词：Chinese accompanying gestures; metaphor; cognitive linguistics; cognitive neuroscience

摘要：Chinese accompanying gestures are a common phenomenon in life, and native speakers of Chinese use gesture modality to express metaphors. This study analyzes metaphors in Chinese accompanying gesture modality from the perspective of cognitive linguistics and cognitive neuroscience rather than the multimodal metaphor theory. Both spoken language and accompanying gesture modalities of metaphors are integrated into discourse, indicating that metaphor creation is based on general cognitive rather than linguistic features. The case study of Chinese accompanying gestures shows that conceptual metaphors can be cognitively activated when they are not expressed in oral modality. The close interaction between modality and language indicates that metaphors are a dynamic attribute rather than a static in the physical and interactive context. The study of metaphors in accompanying gesture modality provides a specific case for further studies on metaphors and offers support for creating a non-literal language cognitive model.