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Shelley Ching-yu Depner E ditor Embodiment in Language (II) Food, Emotion and Beyond Embodiment in Language (II) Shelley Ching-yu Depner Editor Embodiment in Language (II) Food, Emotion and Beyond 123 Editor Shelley Ching-yuDepner Department ofForeign Languages andLiterature National Cheng KungUniversity Tainan,Taiwan ISBN978-981-10-1797-1 ISBN978-981-10-1799-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1799-5 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016946957 ©SpringerScience+BusinessMediaSingapore2016 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission orinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Preface Embodiment in Language (II): Food, Emotion and Beyond is the second volume oftheseriesEmbodimentinLanguage.Differentfromthefirstvolumewherebody, mind, and different animal or plant vehicles are focused on to outline the specific linguisticrolesofthevehicles,thisvolumefocusesmoreonthebroaderpicture.In doingso,variouscontextsarechosen,forexample,whenspeakersareangry,what embodiment expressions are used, when people want to create a more relaxing atmosphere, taboos can be avoided and jokes told, or in political and economic contexts, how animal metaphors are used, among others. Embodiment data are collected and investigated for specific research goals and presented in respective chapterswhichtogether encompass acompletebook under thetopic‘Embodiment in Language’ in cognitive semantic and pragmatic study. There are in sum twelve chapters including introductory and concluding chapters. The languages investi- gated are Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese Southern Min, Hakka, German, Italian, Spanish, and English. Embodiment data comprise human body parts, animals, plants, emotions,andmore.Thisbookmaybeusefultoreaderswhoareinterested inemotionexpressions,jokes,andlanguagelearning.Thecontributorstothebook areMei-rongWang,CathyYa-huaLin,Wei-lunTsai,EricM.Scott,Ya-yingYang, Tsung-shueng Huang, and Noemi Lovo. They have taken one or two years to completethestudieswithinterestandefforts.IwouldliketothankPaulSpencefor his careful proofreading of the English and very helpful comments. I also owe a great deal to the anonymous reviewers of the manuscript for their insightful com- ments and suggestions. Lastly, I extend my gratitude to the National Science Council and National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, as well as the Taipei RepresentativeOfficeintheEUandBelgium,forhavingsponsoredtheresearchon which this book is based. v vi Preface Inclosing,thisbookcouldnothavebeencompletedwithouttheeffortsandhard work of my assistants: Noemi Lovo particularly and Chen-ju Hung, Jasmine Li-xuan Soh, Zhen-xun Wong, and Meg Ching-yi Wang. I am grateful for having them throughout this research journey. Tübingen, Germany Shelley Ching-yu Depner January 2016 Typographical Conventions and Abbreviations Conventions ++ Metonym e.g.,+bodypartforperson+ ‘’ Literalormetaphoricalmeaning e.g.,‘thefruitofsomething’ = Connectingtheliteralmeaningandthemetaphoricalmeaning e.g.,dragon-head=theleader [+] Semanticmolecules e.g.,[+achievements] [] Quasi-semanticmolecules e.g.,[truth] Capitalizedletters Schematictypes e.g.,PersonalityisFood Categorizationoftheprototypicalcenterconcepts e.g.,Cognition,Perception Capitalizedanditalicized Sourceandtargetdomains e.g.,Taste,FoodandPersonality Punchlinecategorization e.g.,Anaphora,Answer Italicizedandlowercase Technicalterms e.g.,underlyingconceit Targetlexemes e.g.,sweet,Sour,beancurd,andgourd Animal,plant,orfoodvehicle e.g.,ox,dog,flower (continued) vii viii TypographicalConventionsandAbbreviations (continued) Underline Prototypeofvehicle e.g.,diligence,loyalty,insincerity Punchlineofajoke e.g.,Q:Whydowomenhaveperiods? A:Becausetheydeservethem. Abbreviations AFEs Animalfixedexpressions e.g.,jian1zui3hou2sai1尖嘴猴腮‘sharp-mouth-monkey-cheek;tobeascunningas amonkey’ ESL EnglishasaSecondLanguage GTVH GeneralTheoryofVerbalHumor IR IncongruityResolutionTheory L2 Secondlanguage MCPC Middle-classpolitenesscriterion PFEs Plantfixedexpressions e.g., jemandemeinepfeffern‘somebody-one-pepper=topeppersomeoneone;to givesomeoneaheavyslapintheface’ SSTH SemanticScriptTheoryofHumor TD Targetdomain TLPA TaiwanLanguagePhoneticAlphabet Contents 1 Introduction... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 1 Shelley Ching-yu Depner Part I Embodiment and Food 2 Food Metaphors in Taiwan Hakka . .... .... .... .... ..... .... 7 Cathy Ya-hua Lin and Shelley Ching-yu Depner 3 Pragmatic Functions of Hakka Proverbs: Humor, Praise and Food . .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 21 Tsung-shueng Huang and Shelley Ching-yu Depner 4 Fruit and Some Plant Vehicles in Mandarin Chinese, English and German.... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 37 Shelley Ching-yu Depner Part II Embodiment and Emotion 5 How Do Men and Women Express Emotion Differently ..... .... 65 Mei-rong Wang and Shelley Ching-yu Depner 6 Taboos in Animal Fixed Expressions in Mandarin Chinese... .... 75 Ada Ya-ying Yang and Shelley Ching-yu Depner 7 Euphemisms in Animal-Fixed Expressions in Mandarin Chinese... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 93 Ada Ya-ying Yang and Shelley Ching-yu Depner Part III Embodiment in Broader Contexts 8 The Punchlines of Jokes About Women in Italian, English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 111 Noemi Lovo and Shelley Ching-yu Depner ix x Contents 9 Dragon and Phoenix Metaphors in Political and Economic Discourse . .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 135 Peggy Wei-lun Tsai and Shelley Ching-yu Depner 10 Prototype Effects and Cultural Implications of Hakka Proverbs.. .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 161 Tsung-shueng Huang and Shelley Ching-yu Depner 11 How Do Taiwanese Second-Language Learners Learn English Body Part Metonymy ... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 177 Eric M. Scott and Shelley Ching-yu Depner 12 Conclusion.... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 195 Shelley Ching-yu Depner Appendices.... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 199 Index .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 215
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