%0 Journal Article
%T A Cognitive Perspective of the Chinese and English Expressions for the Concept of ¡°Present¡±
%A Yi HU
%J Canadian Social Science
%D 2008
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%X Human beings are the only species that can perceive the existence of time. However, the linguistic expressions for the concept of time are usually indirect. From a cognitive linguistic point of view, the concept of time is materialized via the TIME-AS-SPACE metaphor. However, each culture has its own conceptualization of time, and thus there are various cognitive models for a particular time concept. This paper tries to identify and analyze the Chinese and English expressions for the concept of ¡°present¡±, so as to establish the cognitive models for this concept in Chinese culture and in English culture respectively. Key words: cognitive model, time concept, present R¨¦sum¨¦: L¡¯¨ºtre humain est la seule esp¨¨ce qui peut percevoir l¡¯existence de temps. Cependant, pour le concept de temps, les expressions linguistiques sont normalement indirectes. Du point de vue linguistique cognitive, le concept de temps est mat¨¦rialis¨¦ par la m¨¦taphore TEMPS-COMME-ESPACE. Cependant, chaque culture a sa propre conceptualisation de temps, donc il y a diff¨¦rents mod¨¨les cognitifs pour un particulaire concept de temps. Cette m¨¦moire essaie d¡¯identifier et analyser les expressions chinoise et anglaise pour le concept de pr¨¦sent, afin d¡¯¨¦tablir les mod¨¨les cognitifs pour ce concept dans la culture chinoise et dans la culture anglaise respectivement. Mots-Cl¨¦s: mod¨¨le cognitif, concept de temps, pr¨¦sent
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