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  • Characteristics of Language Ontology in Russian Philosophy of Religion

    Author:Hong Jiang, Yunting Wang

    Abstract: Throughout the entire development process of Russian philosophy of religion, it is not difficult to find that Russian philosophy of religion has deep and distinct linguistic ontology features. This is because the revival of Russian philosophy of religion directly contributed to the formation of Russian langua...

    Column:Linguistic Studies   117-126   Details

  • A Collostructional Analysis of “V+down” Construction and Its Semantic Mapping: A Corpus-Based Approach

    Author:Guobing Liu, Mohan Zhang

    Abstract: Based on COCA corpus analysis and constructional analysis, the study first checks collostructional strength of the verbs in “V+down”, then examines the semantic clustering of these cooccurring verbs and semantic mapping of this construction. The main findings show that: (1) most of the verbs occurring in the “V+down” construction represent spatial motion or a bad result state; (2) the prototypical semantics of “V+down” construction is “to move downward”, and its semantic extensions are realized by metaphorical mapping from the spatial domain to the social, psychological and the physical dom

    Column:Linguistic Studies   127-136   Details

  • The Conceptual Distinction and Route Construction of the Disciplinary Big Concept for Senior High School English Course

    Author:Zhiyi Zhang, Binhe Liu

    Abstract: The proposing and prevailing of the disciplinary big concept initiate a big wave of teaching reformation for the new era. The present study first analyzes the development of the big concept from philosophical, pedagogical as well as disciplinary perspectives and derives its defining features. Based on the academic achievements of other subjects, especially the knowledge system, specific context and practical function of geographical big concept, as well as the relation between form and content, language and thought of Chinese big concept, the present study clearly defines the disciplinary big concept for senior high school English course. Starting from this definition, the present study, different from the single construction route of teaching unit as a whole, provides multiple construction routes, to enhance the students meta-cognitive ability by stre ...

    Column:EFL Education   137-147   Details

  • Pioneering and Innovating: Seeking Lessons from the Co-Construction of Chinese and Western Literary Theories, and Proving the Commonness of the World’s Literary Minds: A Review on Research on T. S. Eliot ’s Literary Thought by Hongxin Jiang

    Author:Zhang Longhai

    Abstract: As an influential writer and literary critic throughout the world, T. S. Eliot has left a wealth of literary treasures and has always been a hot spot in literary research at home and abroad. Research on T. S. Eliot ’s Literary Thought not only fills the blank that there is no holistic research on Eliot’s literary thought in China but also effectively overcomes the shortage of lacking Chinese perspective in Eliot’s studies abroad. ...

    Column:Book Review   148-156   Details

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