The Mandarin word 'Shen' (body)has determined its semantic derivation through conceptual metaphor and metonymy, further resulting in the phenomenon of polysemy. This research discusses how metaphors have influenced the semantic derivation of Mandarin term 'Shen' used in Taiwan, analyze the term's various semantic derivatives, through ontological metaphor, container metaphor, spatial metaphor, metaphor in Buddhist realm, and metonymies of 'the part for the whole', 'the whole for the part' , 'the physical for the abstract', and finally generate a semantic relationship schema.
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