Chuanhong Chen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Chuanhong Chen is involved.
Articles
2025 What does water mean to us: water metaphors and metonymies in Chinese and English idioms Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This study employs a corpus-based approach to examine the metaphorical and metonymic uses of water in Chinese and English idioms. The findings indicate that both languages share similar target domains of water metaphors, such as power, thought and emotions, based on shared bodily experiences and… read more
2024 Metaphorical richness: A corpus study of money metaphors in English and Chinese language Cognitive Linguistic Studies 11:2, pp. 334–369 | Article
The present study probes into a comparative study of metaphorical expressions of money in English and Chinese. By hiring corpus-based methodology, this article aims to gain insight into the universality and variation of money-related conceptual metaphors manifested in corresponding linguistic… read more
2021 Cultural conceptualisations of loong (龙) in Chinese idioms Review of Cognitive Linguistics 19:2, pp. 563–589 | Article
This study investigates the abundant metaphorical meanings of the term loong (‘dragon’) in Chinese idioms and the cognitive and cultural factors that influence those meanings from the perspective of Cultural Linguistics. To this end, we present a systematic categorisation of the idiomatic… read more