Anatomy of Chinese - Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics

Informationen zum Autor Perry Link Klappentext Rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be aware. Link¿s Anatomy of Chinese contributes to the debate over whether language shapes thought or vice versa, and its comparison of English with Chinese lends support to theories that locate the origins of language in the brain. Zusammenfassung Rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be aware. Link’s Anatomy of Chinese contributes to the debate over whether language shapes thought or vice versa, and its comparison of English with Chinese lends support to theories that locate the origins of language in the brain.

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• Authors: E Perry Link, E. Perry Link, Perry Link, Link Perry
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.02.2013
• EAN: 9780674066021
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06602-1
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Chinese, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Phonetics, phonology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics