Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Chinese

Bringing together contributions from a group of prominent researchers, within a cognitive-linguistic framework, this volume sheds light on linguistic structures and usages characteristic of the Chinese language, including noun-verb inclusion, the conceptual spatialization of actions, existential constructions, conceptual structures and coherence, idioms and metaphors, language acquisition of caused motion, etc.
The contributions are committed to the principle of “converging evidence” that has been advocated in Cognitive Linguistics since its inception. Some studies in this volume combine introspective methods with theoretical analysis, while others rely on corpus-based, experimental and neuroscientific methods. Featuring diverse topics and multiple methods, this collection will be useful to readers who are interested in the grammatical and conceptual structure of Chinese, as well as in the state-of-the-art of Cognitive Linguistics in China.

Shuqiong Wu, Sichuan International Studies University, in Review of Cognitive Linguistics 18:2 (2020):
In conclusion, this volume provides an excellent overview of contemporary cognitive linguistic studies on the Chinese language. Featuring a wide breadth of topics and a great richness of methodology, it contributes substantially to the existing literature of Cognitive Linguistics. It deserves to be on the bookshelves of those who are interested in Cognitive Linguistics in general as well as those who are interested in the study of the Chinese language in particular.