Cultural “Signs of life” in politics : A case study of
eulogistic idioms for Taiwanese politicians

C 2020

Cultural “Signs of life” in politics : A case study of eulogistic idioms for Taiwanese politicians

LU, Wei-lun

Basic information

Original name

Cultural “Signs of life” in politics : A case study of eulogistic idioms for Taiwanese politicians

Authors

LU, Wei-lun (158 Taiwan, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Amsterdam, Language, Culture and Identity – Signs of Life, p. 141-156, 16 pp. 13, 2020

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

Webpage of the paper

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/20:00114571

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-90-272-0548-3

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/clscc.13.07lu

Keywords in English

metaphor; metonymy; profile; textile metaphor

Abstract

V originále

This chapter presents a Cognitive Linguistic analysis of Mandarin eulogistic idioms used for politicians as a sub-genre of political communication. The entire collection of idioms is taken from the online eulogy request system in Taiwan and contains 16 idioms. In the analysis of the idioms, it is shown that in addition to conceptual metaphor and metonymy, Cognitive Grammar is another useful theoretical construct in analysing political eulogies. The analysis, in addition, explicates how various cultural conceptualizations and allusions are involved as a basis for understanding the eulogistic expressions. At the social level, a comparison between the Taiwanese political eulogies and data from Western cultures shows that the social role played by the deceased and the mourner is another important sign of life in Taiwanese culture.

Links

GC19-09265J, research and development project

Name: Vliv sociokulturních faktorů a písma na percepci a kognici komplexních zrakových podnětů (Acronym: ISOVIS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

LU, Wei-lun. Cultural “Signs of life” in politics : A case study of eulogistic idioms for Taiwanese politicians. In da Silva Sinha, Vera; Moreno-Núñez, Ana; Tian, Zhen. Language, Culture and Identity – Signs of Life. 1st ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020, p. 141-156. 13. ISBN 978-90-272-0548-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/clscc.13.07lu.

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LU, Wei-lun. Cultural “Signs of life” in politics : A case study of eulogistic idioms for Taiwanese politicians. In da Silva Sinha, Vera; Moreno-Núñez, Ana; Tian, Zhen. \textit{Language, Culture and Identity – Signs of Life}. 1st ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020, p.~141-156. 13. ISBN~978-90-272-0548-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/clscc.13.07lu.

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