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Sino-Japanese Verbs with Semantic Features of Understanding : An Approach Based on Cognitive Linguistics
Full text linkIn this paper, I examine the psychological verbs "Rikai" (理解) and "Ryokai" (了解) in Japanese, as well as "Rijie" (理解) and "Liaojie" (了解) in Chinese, utilizing concepts from cognitive linguistics such as frame and focus. Initially, through a survey of the correspondence between Chinese and Japanese homograph verbs using a corpus of Chinese and Japanese translations, it was observed that "Rikai" and "Rijie" exhibit a high degree of agreement. Both verbs emphasize the process of information processing, involving analysis, organization, and comprehension. Concrete object distinctions, primarily perceived through the five senses, do not typically co-occur with "Rikai" and "Rijie", as they are not reliant on internal information processing. However, distinctions involving abstract objects can co-occur with these verbs. In contemporary Japanese usage, "Ryokai" primarily denotes the acknowledgment and acceptance of another party's request, as well as the activation of conversational frameworks. Conversely, "Liaojie" encompasses two semantic nuances: one akin to "Rijie", focusing on the absorption of information, and another focusing on investigative means for acquiring information
A Study on Sports as a Regional Business
Full text linkRecently, commercialization of sports flourish. The commercialization of sports have various meanings, and the trend towards professionalization of sports competition is one of them. Most of the professionalized sports are trying to become what rooted in the community. Some of them aim to have one team in each region. Professionalization justly means the independence of management. I would like to study the regional commercialization of sports as a measure of the management independence