Table Of ContentShelley 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
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Editor
Shelley Ching-yuDepner
Department ofForeign Languages andLiterature
National Cheng KungUniversity
Tainan,Taiwan
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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.
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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)
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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Appendices.... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 199
Index .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 215
