What is it about?
It is about metaphors and metonyms used in Chinese to describe verbal behavior and its social and interpersonal significance.
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Why is it important?
It is the first study on an overlooked area of metaphor research.
Perspectives
The analysis is insightful and has implications for figurative language research in general.
Prof. Zhuo Jing-Schmidt
University of Oregon
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This page is a summary of: Much mouth much tongue: Chinese metonymies and metaphors of verbal behaviour, Cognitive Linguistics, January 2008, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/cog.2008.010.
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