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Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview: The Case of American English and the Chinese Language
Dilin Liu
Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview: The Case of American English and the Chinese Language
Dilin Liu
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.
164 pages, illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 16, 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9780761824220 |
Publishers | University Press of America |
Pages | 164 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 12 mm · 214 g |