Abstract: This article probed into the word order of Chinese from the point of cognitive linguistics,and compared it to that of English.The article focused on the concrete words and word order iconicity,pointed out that word order embodies that man's cognition is reflected on the format and structure of language,and brought in the notion of symmetry and asymmetry to explain iconicity of word order from the point of cognitive linguistics.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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