Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview

Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview
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Download or read book Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview written by Dilin Liu and published by Rlpg/Galleys. This book was released on 2002 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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