Based on the theories of cognitive linguistics, this article makes a semantic cognitive comparison of the word "heart" in the "Modern Chinese Dictionary" and "Thai Royal Institute Dictionary " in order to discover the similarities and differences... in semantic concepts, cultural connotations and cognitive methods of the "heart" in Chinese and Thai languages. We found that the meanings are basically same, the users of the two languages ​​have a common cognitive style and also some differences

The explanation of the adjective “大” in the fundamental Chinese language textbook is quite simple. When considering the Cognitive semantics, the word “大” doesn’t only display the basic spatial meaning but also expresses metaphorical meaning

Based on the previous research on the word groups of the Chinese character "xin", and integrating the research on the theories about Metonymy and Metaphor both in China and aboard, the cognitive frame of the Chinese character signifier "xin..." was reanalyzed and summarised with five metonymic frames and one metaphoric frame in this article. Besides, this article rebuilt the continuum of the cognitive frame of "xin".

the conceptual metaphors IDEAS ARE FOOD and LOVE IS FOOD in Chinese based on cognitive linguistics aspect. The data were collected from Corpus of Center for Chinese Linguistics (CCL). A result of study indicated that metaphorical expressions found in this study

This paper aims to bring awareness of Cognitive Semantics in the Cognitive Linguistics theory and applies Cognitive Semantics to Chinese vocabulary teaching. The teacher can provide the principles of enhancing word meaning of vocabulary... the principle of vocabulary learning and memorize Chinese word meaning which causes language errors used in communication. This paper also discusses the essence of Cognitive Semantics to show that language is a symbol system which reflects the thinking processes

The purpose of this research is to analyze semantic extension of verb “kan” with the meanings of “READ”, “VISIT”, “TREAT”, “OBSERVED AND VERIFIED” and “THINK” , by using the four category theory of polysemy of Reimer (Riemer, 2006) [1]. For explain... the relationship between basic meaning and its extended meanings. The results show that semantic extension of verb “kan” in Mandarin Chinese with the meanings of “READ”, “VISIT”, “TREAT”, “OBSERVED AND VERIFIED” and “THINK” are activated by three processes

of all Thai and Chinese language users on “HEART” could be considered as a cognitive procedure of metaphorical concept construction. The concept of “HEART” is regarded as one's understanding of physical objects or valuable entities. It makes “HEART

Following the theory of cognitive semantic and the cultural conception of 心 xīn, this Maper aims to describe the concepts of 心 xīn in present-day Chinese. The study finds out that there is a rich cultural history shaping the Chinese concept of 心

This article refers to and evaluates data from research in the past to form the basis for an analysis of language data in real usage. The study aspects include grammatical characteristics, structural analysis, the cognitive semantic of spatial

The Chinese quantifier“颗 [kē]”and "the Thai quantifier “เม็ด[meːt45]” are both used for granular things, but there is difference in the collocation of nouns and quantifiers. According to the cognitive linguistics found that metaphor is a mechanism... or conductor which can explain the extent of word form meaning, learning, and perceptions. This theory is very helpful in language learning and teaching both mother language and other foreign languages. Therefore, this article will take cognitive metaphors