Up and Down in Time: The Spatial Metaphors of Mandarin
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An article exploring how Mandarin Chinese uses vertical spatial metaphors to describe time, and how psychologists test the influence of these linguistic features on human cognition.
时间里的上下：汉语的空间隐喻与思维
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