Author: Саримсакова, Мадина Рустам кизи

Annotation: Current research is about studying the fusion of spatial and temporal meanings in modern Chinese. The topic is relevant because in Chinese, spatial and temporal localisation are often expressed using the same words and grammatical structures. Using the words 前 qián, 后 hòu, 上 shàng, 下 xià, the paper looks at how temporal meanings are formed based on spatial relationships. The conclusion is that the merging of space and time is a systematic feature of the Chinese worldview and is closely linked to the specifics of Chinese grammar, semantics and the cognitive conceptualisation of time.

Keywords: Chinese language, syncretism, space, time, temporality, locativity, localiser, directional words方位词.

Pages in journal: 56 - 57