Yongxian Luo

Metaphorical Mappings of the ‘Eye’ in Chinese

Yongxian Luo, Xiugui Qin

Book Chapter  |  2022

Previous studies of body-part terms reveal that the eye as our organ of vision is a rich source domain for conceptualizing various..

壮语指令方式的类型学考察 Command Strategies in the Zhuang language: a typological account

Yongxian Luo

Journal article  |  2021  |  Minority Languages of China

In light of the methodologies of linguistic typology and speech act theory, this article examines command strategies in Zhuang, a ..

《楚辞》里若干汉台语关系词考 （Some Sino-Tai words in Chuci)

Yongxian Luo

Book Chapter  |  2021

Morphology in Kra-Dai Languages

Yongxian Luo

Reference Work  |  2020

The Kra-Dai languages (also known as Kam-Tai, Tai-Kadai, Tai-Kradai, Daic) are generally described as one of the most representati..

‘Head’ as a Link of Embodiment in Chinese

Y Luo

Book Chapter  |  2019

This paper offers an analysis of the Chinese body-part terms for ‘head’ and its related parts ‘brain’ and “neck” from a conceptual..

The Kra-Dai Languages

Y Luo

Reference Work  |  2019

Kra-Dai, also known as Tai–Kadai, Daic, and Kadai, is a family of diverse languages found in southern China, northeast India, and ..

Placement events in Zhuang

Yongxian Luo

Journal article  |  2019  |  LINGUA

This study explores the linguistic encoding of placement events in Zhuang, a Tai dialect spoken in south China's Guangxi Province...

Sui 水 Language

Y LUO

Book Chapter  |  2017

The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics is the new reference work on all aspects of the languages of China and China'..

Zhuang 壮 Language

Y LUO

Book Chapter  |  2017

The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics is the new reference work on all aspects of the languages of China and China'..

Chinese and Tai

Y LUO

Book Chapter  |  2017

The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics is the new reference work on all aspects of the languages of China and China'..