Xu Qinliang
List of John Benjamins publications in which Xu Qinliang is involved.
Article
2025 Conceptualisation of mental activities through the body part ləbb ‘heart’ in Amharic Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This study applies Conceptual Metaphor Theory to examine how the term ləbb ‘heart’ in Amharic is metaphorically extended to mental activities. By examining the figurative uses of ‘heart’ in fixed expressions from Amharic monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, and utilising the lexical method,… read more