{"product_id":"9781350512764","title":"Mixed Metaphors in Chinese Clustering, Mixing and Meaning-Making","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Language and Cognition\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMixed Metaphors in Chinese\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eClustering, Mixing and Meaning-Making\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eXing Liu | Xu Wen | Chris Sinha\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere do mixed metaphors come from? How do we make sense by mixing metaphors? How do life metaphors mix in language and other semiotic systems?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnswering these questions and many more, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of mixed metaphors in Chinese, especially with regard to its multimodal expression, its links with metonymy and its pragmatic functions. It examines verbal and non-verbal life metaphors identified from a variety of sources including self-constructed Chinese corpus of literature, multimodal life metaphors transcribed from Chinese talk shows, and visual life metaphors in internet memes, collected from Chinese social media.\u003cbr\u003eThe author proposes a unitary working definition for mixed metaphor, systematically delineates the features of metaphor cluster and its subcategory mixed metaphor in Chinese, characterizes the various degree of mixedness, and proposes a working criteria for evaluation. With a joint theoretical perspective from cognitive linguistics, cognitive semiotics, cognitive sociolinguistics and phenomenology, this book not only presents an in-depth description of the nature of mixed metaphor but also provides cutting-edge discussion of the linguistic and polysemiotic mixed metaphors of life in Chinese – its nature, motivation and meaning construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eXing Liu\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in the Department of English at Zhejiang University of Technology, China.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 November 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350512764\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669759787148,"sku":"9781350512764","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_df4c84f0-0d44-4fbf-bd8f-15145fcd751f.jpg?v=1785204026","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350512764","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}