LEADER 03810nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910815618203321 005 20240416154903.0 010 $a0-674-07115-8 010 $a0-674-06768-1 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674067684 035 $a(CKB)2670000000330106 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25018194 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000819432 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11525142 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819432 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10844973 035 $a(PQKB)10914514 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301215 035 $a(DE-B1597)178039 035 $a(OCoLC)827083286 035 $a(OCoLC)840437537 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674067684 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301215 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10654363 035 $a(OCoLC)923119175 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000330106 100 $a20120425d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn anatomy of Chinese $erhythm, metaphor, politics /$fPerry Link 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 367 p.) 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 0 $a0-674-06602-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1 Rhythm --$t2 Metaphor --$t3 Politics --$tEpilogue --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aDuring the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to "smash the four olds": old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted "We want to see Chairman Mao," they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates back to the Han period and is the very embodiment of the four olds. An Anatomy of Chinese reveals how rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey time-honored meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be consciously aware, and contributes to the ongoing debate over whether language shapes thought, or vice versa. Perry Link's inquiry into the workings of Chinese reveals convergences and divergences with English, most strikingly in the area of conceptual metaphor. Different spatial metaphors for consciousness, for instance, mean that English speakers wake up while speakers of Chinese wake across. Other underlying metaphors in the two languages are similar, lending support to theories that locate the origins of language in the brain. The distinction between daily-life language and official language has been unusually significant in contemporary China, and Link explores how ordinary citizens learn to play language games, artfully wielding officialese to advance their interests or defend themselves from others. Particularly provocative is Link's consideration of how Indo-European languages, with their preference for abstract nouns, generate philosophical puzzles that Chinese, with its preference for verbs, avoids. The mind-body problem that has plagued Western culture may be fundamentally less problematic for speakers of Chinese. 606 $aChinese language$xRhythm 606 $aChinese language$xMetaphors 606 $aChinese language$vTerms and phrases 606 $aChinese language$xSemantics 606 $aChinese language$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aChinese language$xRhythm. 615 0$aChinese language$xMetaphors. 615 0$aChinese language 615 0$aChinese language$xSemantics. 615 0$aChinese language$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a495.1/16 700 $aLink$b Perry$f1944-$0283752 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815618203321 996 $aAn anatomy of Chinese$94080507 997 $aUNINA