Viewpoint and metaphor in culture : A Cognitive Linguistic
analysis on a selection of Chinese eulogistic idioms used in
Taiwan

C 2022

Viewpoint and metaphor in culture : A Cognitive Linguistic analysis on a selection of Chinese eulogistic idioms used in Taiwan

LU, Wei-lun

Basic information

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

1. vyd. Amsterdam, Visual metaphors, p. 263-282, 20 pp. Not specified, 2022

Publisher

John Benjamins

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:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00128019

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-90-272-1160-6

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/bct.124.11lu

Keywords in English

allusion; cultural metaphor; cultural conceptualization of death; eulogistic idioms; funeral; viewing arrangement

Abstract

V originále

The chapter 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 chapter, 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.

Citovat

LU, Wei-lun. Viewpoint and metaphor in culture : A Cognitive Linguistic analysis on a selection of Chinese eulogistic idioms used in Taiwan. In Benczes, Reka; Szelid, Veronika. Visual metaphors. 1st ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2022, p. 263-282. Not specified. ISBN 978-90-272-1160-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/bct.124.11lu.

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LU, Wei-lun. Viewpoint and metaphor in culture : A Cognitive Linguistic analysis on a selection of Chinese eulogistic idioms used in Taiwan. In Benczes, Reka; Szelid, Veronika. \textit{Visual metaphors}. 1st ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2022, p.~263-282. Not specified. ISBN~978-90-272-1160-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/bct.124.11lu.

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