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Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview

The Case of American English and the Chinese Language

Dilin Liu

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. Using examples mostly from media and other public speeches and writings, author Dilin Liu argues that sports and business constitute the dominant metaphors in American English while family and eating form the prevailing metaphors in Chinese. To assist the reader in understanding the metaphors discussed, the book contains a glossary of dominant American and Chinese metaphorical idioms.
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University Press of America
Pages: 164 • Trim: 5½ x 8½
978-0-7618-2422-0 • Paperback • October 2002 • $68.99 • (£53.00)
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Dilin Liu is Professor and Director of MATESOL at Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Notes on Chinese Names and Translations
Chapter 4 Metaphor and Culture: An Introduction
Chapter 5 Playing on Each Other's Turf: Conflation of Sports, Business, and Politics in America
Chapter 6 Playing Hardball and Hitting for Knockouts: The Hard-fought Games between the Republicans and Clinton/the Democrats
Chapter 7 Fumbles in Wall Street and the Three Strikes and You're Out Law: The Use of Sports Metaphor in Other Areas of American Life
Chapter 8 Buying an Argument and Selling and Agenda in Retail Politics: Business Metaphors in American English
Chapter 9 Dangjia [Managing Family] and Chiku [Eating Bitterness] at Work: Family and Eating in Chinese Culture and Language
Chapter 10 Relatives or neighbors and married-out daughters: Relationships between Mainland China and Taiwan, and Ties between China and the Overseas Chinese
Chapter 11 Human-eating society and Case-eating police: The Use of Eating Metaphors in Chinese
Chapter 12 Spinning Wheels in English and Singing Red and White Faces in Chinese: More Culture-Specific Metaphors
Chapter 13 Drop the Ball vs. Za Guo Le [Break the Cooking Pot]: A Comparison of Cultural Views and Cross-Language Influence in Metaphor Use
Chapter 14 Conclusion
Chapter 15 List of Expressions of Dominant Metaphors
Chapter 16 References
Chapter 17 Index

Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview

The Case of American English and the Chinese Language

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Summary
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  • 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. Using examples mostly from media and other public speeches and writings, author Dilin Liu argues that sports and business constitute the dominant metaphors in American English while family and eating form the prevailing metaphors in Chinese. To assist the reader in understanding the metaphors discussed, the book contains a glossary of dominant American and Chinese metaphorical idioms.
Details
Details
  • University Press of America
    Pages: 164 • Trim: 5½ x 8½
    978-0-7618-2422-0 • Paperback • October 2002 • $68.99 • (£53.00)
    Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Author
Author
  • Dilin Liu is Professor and Director of MATESOL at Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 Preface
    Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
    Chapter 3 Notes on Chinese Names and Translations
    Chapter 4 Metaphor and Culture: An Introduction
    Chapter 5 Playing on Each Other's Turf: Conflation of Sports, Business, and Politics in America
    Chapter 6 Playing Hardball and Hitting for Knockouts: The Hard-fought Games between the Republicans and Clinton/the Democrats
    Chapter 7 Fumbles in Wall Street and the Three Strikes and You're Out Law: The Use of Sports Metaphor in Other Areas of American Life
    Chapter 8 Buying an Argument and Selling and Agenda in Retail Politics: Business Metaphors in American English
    Chapter 9 Dangjia [Managing Family] and Chiku [Eating Bitterness] at Work: Family and Eating in Chinese Culture and Language
    Chapter 10 Relatives or neighbors and married-out daughters: Relationships between Mainland China and Taiwan, and Ties between China and the Overseas Chinese
    Chapter 11 Human-eating society and Case-eating police: The Use of Eating Metaphors in Chinese
    Chapter 12 Spinning Wheels in English and Singing Red and White Faces in Chinese: More Culture-Specific Metaphors
    Chapter 13 Drop the Ball vs. Za Guo Le [Break the Cooking Pot]: A Comparison of Cultural Views and Cross-Language Influence in Metaphor Use
    Chapter 14 Conclusion
    Chapter 15 List of Expressions of Dominant Metaphors
    Chapter 16 References
    Chapter 17 Index

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