"Self" in language, culture, and cognition

by Lu, Yanying

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Title Statements

Full title :"Self" in language, culture, and cognition / Yanying Lu.

Summary

"This book explores socio-cultural meanings of 'self' in the Chinese language through analysing a range of conversations among Chinese immigrants to Australia qualitatively on the topics of individuality, social relationships and collective identity. If language, culture and cognition are major roads, this book is the junction that unites them by arguing that selfhood occurs at their interface. It provides an interdisciplinary approach to unpack manifestations and perceptions of 'self' in the contemporary Chinese diaspora discourse from the perspectives of Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics and the newly developed Cultural Linguistics. This book not only discusses empirical and theoretical issues on the conceptualisation and communication of social identity in a cross-cultural context, it also reveals how traditional and modern ideas in Chinese culture are interacting with those of other world cultures. Considering the power of language, enduring and emerging beliefs and stances that permeate these speakers' views on their social being and outlooks on life impart their significance in cross-cultural communication andpragmatics"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (ix, 178 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9027261776, 9789027261779
oclc:on1239731760
LC Classification:PL1234
Dewey Decimal:306.442/951

Migrating the Chinese self -- Self-referential pronouns in Mandarin Chinese -- Performing identities : presenting the flawed self -- Becoming Chinese : a discursive exploration -- Chinese conceptualisations of personhood -- The self within : on the Chinese embodied self -- Conceptualisations of themigrant identity -- From perceptual to socio-cultural cognition.

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Australia China Chinese -- Languages. -- Australia Chinese -- Social life and customs Chinese -- Social life and customs. -- … Chinese language -- Discourse analysis Chinese language -- Pronoun Chinese language -- Social aspects Chinese language -- Social aspects -- A… Chinese languages Chinois -- Langues. -- Australie Chinois -- Mœurs et coutumes. -- Austra… Chinois (Langue) -- Analyse du discours Chinois (Langue) -- Aspect social -- Au… Chinois (Langue) -- Pronom e-books Immigrants -- Languages. -- Australia Immigrants -- Languages. -- Australie Immigrants -- Social life and customs Immigrants -- Social life and customs. …