02836nam 2200421 450 991073433110332120240102144617.090-272-6177-6(CKB)4100000009670103(MiAaPQ)EBC5965367(ScCtBLL)5502f8dd-39c8-4715-94f3-c2cab074628d(EXLCZ)99410000000967010320191119d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier"Self" in language, culture, and cognition /Yanying LuAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :John Benjamins Publishing Company,[2019]©20191 online resource (196 pages)Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts (CLSCC) ;Volume 1090-272-0469-1 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 the migrant identity -- From perceptual to socio-cultural cognition."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 and pragmatics"--Provided by publisher.Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural ContextsChinese languagePronounChinese languagePronoun.306.442951Lu Yanying1373150MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910734331103321"Self" in language, culture, and cognition3404184UNINA