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Understanding the Disease and China’s Role in the Discourse of Covid-19

Author(s) -

Wei-lun Lu,

Xu Wen

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

british journal of chinese studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2048-0601

DOI - 10.51661/bjocs.v10i0.89

Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , covid-19 , metaphor , cognitive linguistics , conceptual metaphor , china , linguistics , sociology , epistemology , cognition , disease , psychology , computer science , philosophy , political science , medicine , artificial intelligence , pathology , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law

The paper introduces the possible contribution that Cognitive Linguistics can make in Chinese studies at the time of Covid-19. It proposes several Covid-19 related research topics from the perspective of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), a useful theoretical apparatus that allows for systematic research of the discourse around various social phenomena.

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