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Chinese Zodiac Culture and the Rhetorical Construction of A Shu B, C

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dc.contributor.authorGao, Jinlin-
dc.contributor.authorJoh, Yoon-kyoung-
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-08T04:43:26Z-
dc.date.available2019-05-08T04:43:26Z-
dc.date.issued2019-04-01-
dc.identifier.citationLanguage Research, Vol.55 No.1, pp. 55-74-
dc.identifier.issn0254-4474-
dc.identifier.other44-000003-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10371/153111-
dc.description.abstractwhen A is human, the categories of B and C will decide its nature. When B is a non-traditional Zodiac sign, the statement is rhetorical, and when B is a traditional Zodiac sign, the categories of A and C will decide its nature. When C is age-related, the statement is traditional, and when C is attribute-related, it is rhetorical. The rhetorical construction carries evaluative connotations in the following distribution: negative: 80.8%-
dc.description.abstractpositive: 13.5%-
dc.description.abstractand neutral: 5.7%. The possible motivations for the rhetorical senses are culturally contextualized interactions of metaphor and metonymy as well as homophonic and conceptual associations.-
dc.description.abstractThis study, based on the CCL (Center for Chinese Linguistics) corpus, the BCC (Beijing Language and Culture University Corpus Center) corpus, and the dictionaries of Xiehouyu (歇后语) (two-part allegorical sayings), finds that the rhetorical senses of the construction A Shu B, C depends on the categories of A, B, and C. When A is non-human, the statement is rhetorical-
dc.language.isoen-
dc.publisherLanguage Education Research Center, Seoul National University-
dc.subjectzodiac culture-
dc.subjectanimals-
dc.subjectrhetorical construction-
dc.subjectshu-
dc.subjectmetaphor-
dc.titleChinese Zodiac Culture and the Rhetorical Construction of A Shu B, C-
dc.typeSNU Journal-
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor조윤경-
dc.identifier.doi10.30961/lr.2019.55.1.55-
dc.citation.journaltitle어학연구(Language Research)-
dc.citation.pages55-74-
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