Abstract: | The motion verb guo has various kinds of meanings.With all these meanings of guo,we can follow Lakoff 's methods,construct-ing an image schema and its modifications for the various meanings of the motion verb guo.And through metaphorical extension,all the other non-path-related meanings of guo will be explained.The spatial domain is considered more basic,which subsequently allows being mapped onto other more abstract domains.And it is via metaphorical extension,mappings from SPACE TO TIME and TIME TO QUALIT... |