Time is an invisible construct and languages express its passage in different ways. This thesis focusses on deictic spatio-temporal expressions in Mandarin Chinese and Korean, with special...Show moreTime is an invisible construct and languages express its passage in different ways. This thesis focusses on deictic spatio-temporal expressions in Mandarin Chinese and Korean, with special attention given to expressions containing ‘up’, ‘down’, ‘front’ and ‘back’. It endeavours to see if Mandarin Chinese has influenced Korean in the domain of spatio-temporal expressions. On the grounds of linguistic theories on (spatio-temporal) deixis and conceptual metaphors and by taking into account historical linguistic and cultural contact between the regions nowadays called the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea, this thesis compares modern (spatio-)temporal expressions in both Mandarin Chinese and Korean to conclude that there has been influence.Show less
