目录

●Chapter 1.Introduction: what is SWH .1
1.1 A brief history of SWH.3
1.2 Different terms used to address SWH .13
1.3 Different interpretations of SWH .19
1.4 Misusage .23
1.5 Key terms in SWH .26
1.6 Summary: What is SWH .32
Chapter 2 Literature review of empirical studies on SWH .33
2.1 Literature review on empirical studies in the neo-Whorfian period (articles presented in English) .38
2.2 Literature review on empirical studies in the neo-Whorfian period (articles presented in Chinese) .98
2.3 Summary .101
Chapter 3 Research methodology: the neo-Whorfian research paradigm .103
3.1 Picking a domain: the domain of time .104
3.2 Linguistic coding of time in Chinese and English .109
3.3 Non-linguistic coding of time in the cognition of native speakers of Chinese and English: temporal representations in cognition .120
3.4 Summary .136
Chapter 4 Do native Chinese and English speakers think about time differently because they talk about time differently .137
4.1 Experiment 1: time in spontaneous gestures .139
4.2 Experiment 2: time in deliberate gestures .171
4.3 Experiment 3: the STARC effect .215
Chapter 5 Conclusion .238
5.1 Answers to the research questions .238
5.2 Weaknesses of the present research .243
References .245
Appendixes.269
Appendix 1: spontaneous gestures of native Chinese speakers (presented in interview order) .270
Appendix 2: spontaneous gestures of native English speakers (presented in interview order) .285
Appendix 3: questions for native Chinese speakers in Experiment 2 .307
Appendix 4: questions for native English speakers in Experiment 2 .308