LU, Wei-lun. Viewpoint and metaphor in culture : A Cognitive Linguistic analysis on a selection of Chinese eulogistic idioms used in Taiwan. Cognitive Linguistic Studies. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020, vol. 7, No 1, p. 254-274. ISSN 2213-8722. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/cogls.00056.lu.
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Original name Viewpoint and metaphor in culture : A Cognitive Linguistic analysis on a selection of Chinese eulogistic idioms used in Taiwan
Authors LU, Wei-lun (158 Taiwan, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Cognitive Linguistic Studies, Amsterdam, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020, 2213-8722.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60203 Linguistics
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW Webpage of the paper
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/20:00117496
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/cogls.00056.lu
Keywords in English allusion; cultural metaphor; cultural conceptualization of death; eulogistic idioms; funeral; viewing arrangement
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Abstract
The paper presents an in-depth analysis of the language of death in Chinese and discusses the relation between language and occupation as a social factor in analyzing the language of death. In this paper, I address in what specific ways Cognitive Linguistics may serve as a useful analytical framework in studying Chinese idioms used in funerals, in an attempt to uncover cultural elements and viewpoint structure in communicating death. The study introduces basic constructs in Cognitive Linguistics which could be used for such an analysis, and applies this CL machinery to analyzing three selected groups of four-character eulogistic idioms used at funerals in Taiwan. The analysis shows that, in addition to Conceptual Metaphor Theory, which has been considered the classic CL tool for studying abstract concepts like death, the subjectivity/objectivity distinction in Cognitive Grammar may also be employed as a complementary and useful theoretical construct in studying the language of death, as it helps identify the special characteristics of the eulogistic idioms for teachers as a special profession in the Chinese culture.
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