Cultural Semantics

Author: Ma Qinghua
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The book "Cultural Semantics" is based on extensive linguistic materials and research from both domestic and international contexts, combined with the author's own field investigations. It focuses on semantic issues and systematically studies the role of human cultural structures in shaping semantics, providing a comprehensive and innovative theoretical framework. This framework offers universal guidance for specific research on the relationship between culture and semantics. By integrating semantics and culture, it forms a branch of macro-semantic studies. This idea has long been considered and attempted abroad, and it has recently gained attention in China. However, research in this area has often been fragmented, superficial, lacking a holistic perspective, and frequently oscillates between semantic and cultural considerations. This book systematically presents a framework serving semantic theory, which, to date, stands as a significant work in both domestic and international academia. Some introductions to foreign research in the book offer readers fresh insights. It serves as an important reading for linguistics learners, enthusiasts, and researchers, and can also be referenced by professionals working in Chinese and foreign languages.