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The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective: Culture, Body, and Language - Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL] Ning Yu 1st edition
The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective: Culture, Body, and Language - Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL]
Ning Yu
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.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 21, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9783110205169 |
| Publishers | De Gruyter |
| Pages | 453 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 230 × 230 mm · 769 g |
| Language | German |