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Yu Wang

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Open access Aug 2026

A Cognitive Linguistic Study of the Semantic Evolution of Salty in American English

Taste words provide an important window into the interaction among embodied experience, cognitive mechanisms, and sociocultural factors in semantic change. From a cognitive linguistic perspective, this study investigates the major senses, diachronic relationships, and cognitive motivations of the adjective salty in Ame...

Zhong-Yao Wang, Yu Wang · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Constructional Shift in Translating Hong Lou Meng: A Case Study of the Yang and Hawkes–Minford English Translations

This study investigates constructional shifts in two influential English translations of Hong Lou Meng: the version by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang and the Hawkes–Minford version translated by David Hawkes and John Minford. Drawing on Construction Grammar and cognitive approaches to translation, the study adopts a quali...

Zhong-Yao Wang, Yu Wang · 0 citations

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