An Anatomy of Chinese : Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Rhythm -- The Prevalence of Rhythmic Patternsin Daily - Life Chinese -- Is Rhythm Unusually Common in Chinese? -- Speakers' Awareness of Rhythm -- Are There Fads in Rhythms? -- The Roots of Rhythms -- "External" Rhythms: Dominant and Recessive -- Recessive Rhythms of Favor -- How Recessive Rhythms Affect Structure -- How Universal Are the Preferred Rhythms of Chinese? -- Do Rhythms Have Meanings? -- What Other Formal Features Contribute to Meaning? -- Can the Users of Rhythm Be Unaware of Its Effects? -- 2. Metaphor -- How Do Metaphors Work in Ordinary Language? -- Metaphor and Thought -- Time -- Color -- Up and Down -- North and South -- Consciousness -- The Self in Ancient Thought -- Privilege in Dyads -- Metaphors That Chinese and English (Pretty Much) Share -- Metaphors in Chinese That Diverge from English in Significant Ways -- Conceptual Differences That Are Rooted in Metaphor -- Can Conceptual Metaphors Generate Philosophical Problems? -- The Significance of Similarities and Differences among Conceptual Metaphors in Different Languages -- 3. Politics -- A Bifurcation -- Characteristics of the Official Language -- The Language Game -- How the Game Is Played: From the Side of the Rulers -- How the Game Is Played: From the Side of the Ruled -- Effects of the Language Game in the Mao and the Post - Mao Eras Compared -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be aware. Link's Anatomy of Chinese contributes to the debate over whether language shapes thought or vice versa, and its comparison of English with Chinese lends support to theories that locate the origins of language in the brain.

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