Gold and jade filled halls [[electronic resource] ] : a cognitive linguistic study of financial and economic expressions in Chinese and German / / by Shelley Ching-yu Hsieh ; with the collaboration of May Hsin-Mei Huang ... [et al.]

• Autore: Hsieh Shelley Ching-yu
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, : Brill, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 401/.47
• Soggetto topico: Intercultural communication - China; Intercultural communication - Germany; Cross-cultural orientation - China; Cross-cultural orientation - Germany; Economics; Economics - Chinese; Economics - German; Finance; Finance - Chinese; Finance - German; Comparative linguistics - East Asia
• Altri autori: HuangMay Hsin-Mei
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. In Mandarin Chinese -- pt. 2. In German and Mandarin Chinese.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Gold and Jade Filled Halls: A Cognitive Linguistic Study of Financial and Economic Expressions in Chinese and German Shelley Ching-yu Hsieh offers an account of how we use financial linguistic expressions every day. They include various linguistic vehicles and cultural models that are related to the real world, such as gold, the stock market, animals, and plants. The cross-linguistic research benefits the understanding of the cultural value and model of cognition embedded in languages. It also provides useful strategies for learning language and possible social factors that influence human behaviors.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gold and jade filled halls
• ISBN: 1-299-18473-1; 90-04-24434-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786135203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 ; 3.