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The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective: Culture, Body, and Language (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics)
The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective Culture Body and Language - Applications of Cognitive Linguistics
Author: Yu, Ning
This book is a cognitive semantic study of the Chinese conceptualization of the heart, traditionally seen as the central faculty of cognition. The concept of HEART, encoded in the word xin, lies at the core of Chinese thought and medicine, and its importance to Chinese culture is extensively manifested in the Chinese language. The study explores...  more »
ISBN-13: 9783110205169
ISBN-10: 3110205165
Publication Date: 1/15/2009
Pages: 444
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Book Type: Hardcover
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