Title: Traces of Embodiment in Chinese Character Formation A Frame Approach to the Interaction of Writing, Speaking, and Meaning
Abstract: In this paper, we develop a frame approach for modelling and investigating certain patterns of concept evolution in the history of Chinese as they are re ected in the Chinese writing system.Our method uses known processes of character formation to infer different states of concept evolution.By decomposing these states into frames, we show how the complex interaction between speaking, writing, and meaning throughout the history of the Chinese language can be made transparent.