Understanding the Disease and China’s Role in the Discourse of Covid-19: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | British Journal of Chinese Studies |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | https://bjocs.site/index.php/bjocs/article/view/89 |
| Keywords | cognitive Linguistics; meatphor; metonymy; construal; Covid-19 |
| Description | The paper introduces the possible contribution that Cognitive Linguistics can make in Chinese studies at the time of Covid-19. It proposes several Covid-19 related research topics from the perspective of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), a useful theoretical apparatus that allows for systematic research of the discourse around various social phenomena. |