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Metaphors Without Borders: Universal Grammar’s Role in English-Mandarin Figurative Parallels (95474)
Session Chair: Yung-Huei Chen
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Saturday, 4 October 2025 13:25
Session: Session 2
Room: Live-Stream Room 2
Presentation Type:Live-Stream Presentation
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Speakers of different languages interpret their experiences through their physical environment, expressing events or emotions either faithfully or symbolically through idioms. These expressions are drawn from users’ observations of material objects, sentiment, imagery, or cognition, and they vary across cultures due to geography, history, philosophy, or society. However, universal grammar highlights the consistency of languages, as they share traits and influence one another over time. Therefore, this study examines English and Mandarin idioms to explain the influence of universal grammar on figurative language. The analysis reveals that most idioms function at both metaphorical and linguistic levels, reinforcing shared human experiences. While metaphorical and lexical commonalities exist in both languages, they do not align perfectly; however, many of them overlap.
Authors:
Yung-Huei Chen, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Yung-huei Chen is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan
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