Zhao Ming, Ph.D. (2014), Peking University, is Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He has recently published "Swearing in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties: The principles and cultural beliefs in Shuǐhǔ zhuàn (水浒传)" in the International Journal of Language and Culture, (9/1, 2022).

• AcknowledgementsList of TablesList of FiguresOverview1 Introduction1.1 Why This Topic?1.2 Literature Review1.3 Research Questions1.4 Disciplinary Significance1.5 Research Methodology1.6 Summary of Chapters2 The Relationship between Semantics and Culture in One Language2.1 Culture and Its Classifications2.2 The Relationship between Language and Culture2.3 The Relationship between Lexicon and Culture2.4 Conclusion3 Determining Conceptual Gap Items in a Language Lexicon3.1 Introduction3.2 “Cultural Words” – Too Many Uncertain Meanings3.3 The Phenomenon of Conceptual Gaps 3.4 Conclusion4 Determining Items with Cultural Meaning in a Language Lexicon4.1 Introduction4.2 The Study4.3 Criteria for Determining Items with Cultural Meaning4.4 Conclusion5 Cultural Semantics Analysis Methods5.1 The Cultural Sememe Analysis Method5.2 The Cultural Seme Analysis Method5.3 The Process of Cultural Semantic Analysis5.4 Conclusion6 Application 1 – a List of Conceptual Gap Items6.1 Theoretical Background6.2 The Nature and Function of Conceptual Gap Item Lists6.3 The Relationship between Generic Items and Conceptual Gap Items6.4 The Relationship between Generic Item Lists and Conceptual Gap Item Lists6.5 Manual Intervention and Inclusion Criteria Issues of Conceptual Gap Items6.6 The Process of Word List Development6.7 Sample List of Conceptual Gap Items – Grammatical Classification6.8 Sample List of Conceptual Gap Items: Cultural System6.9 Sample List of Conceptual Gap Items: Core Conceptual Gap Items6.10 Conclusion7 Application 2 – Interpretative Analysis of Cultural Semantics in CFL Dictionaries 7.1 Background7.2 Current Problems of Chinese Cultural Semantics Interpretation in CFL Dictionaries7.3 Suggestions for Improving Annotation of Cultural Semantics in CFL Dictionaries7.4 ConclusionConclusionPrimary SourcesReferencesIndex