Semantic study of thinking category in chinese mental verbs: a typological perspective

Qiuyang Li
Perspectivas: Estudios sobre China
Julio 2019; 200 páginas. P.V.P.: 14 €
17 x 24 cm. Tapa blanda (mate) con solapas.
ISBN: 978-84-9773-957-3
One feature in a language could be universal in all human languages. The conclusion of examining can only be adaptale to human language only after the investitgtion in more than one language. And this the analysis of typology of this language phenomonen. Verb is the cole part in various languages, which contains the expressing of action, behaviour, mental activities or existence, change and disappearance of these activities. As one of the important semantic subcategories of verbs, mental verb is concerned by lots of scholars due to the reason that it refers to complex personal inner activities of emotion, willingness, cognition and feeling rooted in human’s minds. This study chooses “think” verbs as object, it enriches research ideas and methods of the category in both Chinese and English and explores the important changing path. On the other hand, it discovers the similarity and difference of thinking expression in these two language.