Chinese heart in a cognitive perspective, the: culture, body, and language
Auteur :
Yu, Ning
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
ISBN :
9783110205169
Date de publication :
21 janv. 2009
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
769 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
This book is a cognitive semantic study of the Chinese conceptualization of the heart, traditionally seen as the central faculty of cognition. The concept of HEART, encoded in the word xin, lies at the core of Chinese thought and medicine, and its importance to Chinese culture is extensively manifested in the Chinese language.