Ebook: "Self" in language, culture, and cognition
Author: Lu Yanying
- Tags: Chinese language -- Pronoun, Self -- China, Chinese language -- Social aspects -- Australia, Chinese language -- Discourse analysis, Chinese -- Australia -- Languages, Immigrants -- Australia -- Languages, Chinese -- Australia -- Social life and customs, Immigrants -- Australia -- Social life and customs, Chinese language -- Social aspects, Chinese -- Languages, Chinese -- Social life and customs, Immigrants -- Social life and customs, Self, Australia, China
- Series: Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts (CLSCC) volume 10
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
- City: Australia., China.
- Language: English
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"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 Read more...