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Xu, X. D. (2010). A Cognitive Study on Spatial Metaphors in English and Chinese: The Cases of English Up/Down and Chinese Shang/Xia. Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing.

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• TITLE: A Constructionalization Approach to Chinese Shang (上) and Xia (下) Spatial Metaphor

  AUTHORS: Yang Xu

  KEYWORDS: Constructionalization, Spatial Metaphor, Shang (上) and Xia (下)

  JOURNAL NAME: Chinese Studies, Vol.4 No.3, August 5, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Language is subject to change over time. Diachronic construction grammar can provide adequate accounts for phenomena of language change. Constructionalization, as a kind of new approach, compasses and goes beyond both lexicalization and grammaticalization (Traugott, 2014). This paper reviews the main ideas of constructionalization and constructional changes, explores the expressions of Chinese spatial metaphor shang (上) and xia (下), and proposes that the sequence and schema of spatial metaphor is the main motivation of constructionalization of Chinese shang (上) and xia (下).