The researches on individual Chinese word groups have been given more attention in recent years. Carrying on the characteristics of Studies on the Semantic Scope and Metaphorical Cognition of Chinese Word Groups (Vol. 1), the book in the first place has included such basic words as have the most vitality and productivity, which can be seen from the title of each chapter. For each of the basic words, the single-morpheme words, compound words, idioms and set phrases containing it are collected and sorted for a detailed analysis on their morphological features, morphological processes and structure types from the perspective of modern lexicology. Then cognitive linguistic theories are adopted to make a comprehensive classification and interpretation on the semantic scope, basis of word-formation and mode of metaphorical cognition of these words so that the panorama of Chinese words can be viewed from different aspects and their common characteristics during the process of development be summarized.
This book, based on a large number of language facts, with a lot of manpower and energy devoted to, is a significant exploration to the micro-study of Chinese words. As many of the conclusions in cognitive linguistics have to be proved by psychological experiments, some ideas in this book may meet with different opinions from the readers, which doesn’t impair the value of the book and the endeavor made by it at all.
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