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The Chinese heart in a cognitive perspective : culture, body, and language /
His book is a cognitive semantic study of the Chinese conceptualization of the heart, traditionally seen as the central faculty of cognition. The Chinese word xin, which primarily denotes the heart organ, covers the meanings of both "heart" and "mind" as understood in English, wh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Applications of cognitive linguistics ;
12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | His book is a cognitive semantic study of the Chinese conceptualization of the heart, traditionally seen as the central faculty of cognition. The Chinese word xin, which primarily denotes the heart organ, covers the meanings of both "heart" and "mind" as understood in English, which upholds a heart-head dichotomy. In contrast to the Western dualist view, Chinese takes on a more holistic view that sees the heart as the center of both emotions and thought. The contrast characterizes two cultural traditions that have developed different conceptualizations of person, self, and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 444 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-437) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110213348 3110213346 1282073419 9781282073418 9786612073410 6612073411 |
| ISSN: | 1861-4078 ; |