本計畫探究服膺具身論的概念理論如何說明抽象概念。第一年聚焦在具身論與多元論的爭論，試圖指出語言符號的功能亦需有具身為基，語質便可說明語言符號所欠缺的。第二年聚焦概念隱喻論對抽象概念的說明，試圖指出隱喻理解並非全然具有結構映射，語質共鳴才是說明隱喻理解的關鍵，即隱喻的具身性質來自語質。藉此進一步結論：抽象概念亦是具身的，並皆是以語質共鳴為基底。
The project aims to investigate how an embodied theory of concept explains the abstract concepts. The first year will focus on the debate between embodiment and representational pluralism. The project will show that the function of language is also embodied, and the sentiment is what needed to show how it lacks. The second year will focus on how conceptual metaphor explains abstract concepts. It is intended to show that not all conceptual metaphors base on mapping and sentiment consonance is the key to account for the metaphorical understanding. This in turn explains why metaphor is embodied, and thus so do abstract concepts.
