Putting PUT to Use: Prototype and Metaphorical Extension

grammaticalization and metaphorical extension

grammaticalization provides a framework to study the genesis and development of grammatical forms in language. in this framework, it is argued that new grammatical forms are constantly developed from lexical items and the already formed grammatical items may go out of use. in spite of some counterexamples, this is often seen as a unidirectional and cyclic process. in this article the concepts o...

Putting the World Outside Himself: Metaphorical Meaning in the Zhuangzi

The Zhuangzi was originally compiled around 350-300 BCE, or the Warring States period, during which many classic Chinese philosophical works were written. Like the Dao De Jing and other canonical Daoist texts written around this time, the Zhuangzi has been used as a meditative guide and self-cultivation handbook for people looking to escape the social pressures of traditional Chinese culture. T...

On shape classifiers, their metaphorical extension(s) and wordnet potentials

This paper aims at highlighting the complex lexico-semantic information entailed in Chinese shape classifiers. The study is based on a selection of the same as derived from extensive literature. The goal is to introduce shape information in wordnets in a comprehensive way starting by shape classifiers. The suggestion is to map them not just as information coercers, but also as lexical items (no...

Putting Types to Good Use

Multivariate Extension of Put-Call Symmetry