A Study of Foreign-Inspired Chinese Terms by Cognitive Semantic Approach

Jie Huang

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A Study of Foreign-Inspired Chinese Terms by Cognitive Semantic Approach

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Jie Huang¹^{, *}

¹Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, China

^*Corresponding author. Email: huangjie@xisu.edu.cn

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Jie Huang

Available Online 30 October 2026.

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Keywords: Loan words; Foreign-Inspired Chinese Terms; Motivation; Production
Abstract: From the perspective of cognitive semantics, this paper will follows Li Suogui’s classification, within the whole scope of modern Chinese, and further studies the motivation of Li’s classification, especially the motivation of foreign-inspired Chinese terms (FICT), and how FICT is formed. Adopting the method of qualitative data analysis, the study will scrutinize what drives foreign-inspired Chinese terms with cognition, and FICT word production is analyzed based on sensory perceptual and metaphorical theories. By analyzing the data, it was found that the motivations of the borrowed vocab, from the prospective of phonetic, semantic, blends together with foreign-inspired Chinese terms denote the pronunciation, appearance and also the cognitive form of foreign concepts. FICT are reproduced by sensory perceptual experience (visual, haptic, auditory, odorous, etc.) and metaphors (orientational, image and conceptual).
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2026 2nd International Conference on Education Research and Training Technologies (ERTT 2026)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 30 October 2026
ISBN: 978-2-38476-628-4
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/978-2-38476-628-4_2 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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