Boroditsky’s empirical studies on spatio-temporal association in Mandarin and English: A critical review

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dc.contributor.authorLiao, Yiqing
dc.contributor.authorXiao, Rong
dc.contributor.organizationSun Yat-sen University, Guangzhouen
dc.contributor.organizationChinese University of Hongkongen
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-21T10:34:01Z
dc.date.available2017-11-21T10:34:01Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides a critical review of Boroditsky and her collaborators’ cross-linguistic empirical research on spatio-temporal association in mental conceptualization, to see if it is possible to render the actual relations between language and reality in a systematic manner. It also discusses a small selection of relevant studies conducted by other scholars within this domain. The analysis conducted in this paper sheds light on the shortcomings of the current cross-linguistic research on the relationship between language and thought, and similar problems related to the research on artificial intelligence (AI). Suggestions are given for future empirical study in this area.en
dc.identifier.citationLiao, Y., Xiao, R. (2017). Boroditsky’s empirical studies on spatio-temporal association in Mandarin and English: A critical review. In: "East-Asian and Central-European Encounters in Discourse Analysis and Translation", Edited by: Anna Duszak, Arkadiusz Jabłoński and Agnieszka Leńko-Szymańska, pp. 83-104.
dc.identifier.isbn978-83-935320-2-5
dc.identifier.issn2544-4913
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/13334
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstytut Lingwistyki Stosowanej UWen
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dc.subjectspatio-temporal associationen
dc.subjectmental conceptualizationen
dc.subjectempirical studiesen
dc.subjectlanguage and thoughten
dc.titleBoroditsky’s empirical studies on spatio-temporal association in Mandarin and English: A critical reviewen
dc.typearticleen
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