Mappings From the Source Domain of Plant in Mandarin Chinese
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This paper investigates what words map from the source domain of PLANT in Mandarin Chinese. In particular, we examine how different aspects of the source domain of PLANT are mapped onto the different target domains of LOVE, MARRIAGE, HAPPINESS, and BELIEFS. We found that mapping principles can account for the different mappings (Ahrens 2000).
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