A Study on the Cognitive Mechanisms of Chinese Technical Loanwords from the Perspectives of Construal and Metonymy

Mi Tian

doi:10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250005.20261007

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A Study on the Cognitive Mechanisms of Chinese Technical Loanwords from the Perspectives of Construal and Metonymy

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A Study on the Cognitive Mechanisms of Chinese Technical Loanwords from the Perspectives of Construal and Metonymy
A Study on the Cognitive Mechanisms of Chinese Technical Loanwords from the Perspectives of Construal and Metonymy
School of Foreign Languages, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475001, China
2026年10卷第7期页码：23-27
网络首发：2026-08-28，

纸质出版：2026-07-30
DOI：10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250005.20261007
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Mi Tian. (2026). A Study on the Cognitive Mechanisms of Chinese Technical Loanwords from the Perspectives of Construal and Metonymy. 国际教育与发展（英文版）, 10(7), 23-27.

Mi Tian.A Study on the Cognitive Mechanisms of Chinese Technical Loanwords from the Perspectives of Construal and Metonymy[J].Journal of International Education and Development,2026,10(07):23-27.
Mi Tian. (2026). A Study on the Cognitive Mechanisms of Chinese Technical Loanwords from the Perspectives of Construal and Metonymy. 国际教育与发展（英文版）, 10(7), 23-27. DOI： 10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250005.20261007.

Mi Tian.A Study on the Cognitive Mechanisms of Chinese Technical Loanwords from the Perspectives of Construal and Metonymy[J].Journal of International Education and Development,2026,10(07):23-27. DOI： 10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250005.20261007.

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Research on loanwords is an important topic in the fields of language contact and lexical history. Drawing on the theories of construal and conceptual metonymy

this paper systematically analyzes the cognitive mechanisms underlying the formation of scientific and technological loanwords during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The findings indicate that translators primarily apply the principle of prominence to deal with the source concepts from four dimensions

namely formal prominence

spatial prominence

functional prominence

and taxonomic prominence

and subsequently lexicalized them via conceptual metonymy. From a cognitive perspective

this study reveals the formation motivations of these loanwords and offers a new explanatory path for research on Chinese lexical history and the conceptual interactions between China and the West.

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