Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview The Case of American English and the Chinese Language |
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| Author:
| Liu, Dilin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7618-2422-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2002 |
| Publisher: | University Press of America, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $68.99 |
Book Description:
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Using dominant metaphors in American English and the Chinese language, Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview explores how metaphor is a product that is simultaneously shaped by and is shaping the culture and the worldview of the people who use it, and how it showcases some unique features of communication of the speakers of the two languages.
Using dominant metaphors in American English and the Chinese language, Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview explores how metaphor is a product that is simultaneously shaped by and is shaping the culture and the worldview of the people who use it, and how it showcases some unique features of communication of the speakers of the two languages.