Abstract
<p>English is particularly rich in both metonymic and metaphorical expressions making use of the concept <em>heart</em> to speak of emotional issues (Niemeier, 2000). It is not difficult to find a large number of Chinese linguistic expressions in terms of “心 (<em>xin</em>) (<em>heart</em>)” to refer to emotion or other concepts. In the present study, under the categorization of <em>heart</em> by Niemeier (2000), we took some examples of <em>heart</em> in Chinese and gave a comparison between the metonymy-based conceptual metaphors in these two languages. This study found some positive evidence for the metonymic base for metaphors. In addition, there are some different interpretations of Chinese <em>heart</em> expressions due to the specific culture background.</p>
Highlights
Metaphor is not just related with language
There is a consensus about the important role metaphor and metonymy play in human conceptualization, more discrepancies exist concerning the relationship between metaphor and metonymy, “both of which represent mental strategies that are considered to facilitate understanding and that carry extra information as opposed to more ‘neutral’ ways of expression” (Niemeier, 2000)
This study finds a metonymic perspectivization in the folk model of heart
Summary
Metaphor is not just related with language. Human beings think in a metaphorical way Metaphor can be seen everywhere in our daily life. It becomes one of the major topics in cognitive linguistics. Researchers found that as compared to metaphor, metonymy is another popular cognition phenomenon (Panther & Radden, 1999). Researchers pay increasing attention to the relationship between metaphor and metonymy
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