"Dividing up the [Chinese] Melon, guafen 瓜分": The Fate of a Transcultural Metaphor in the Formation of National Myth
This study sets out to join a discussion which tests a number of assumptions current in the study of conceptual history. These assumptions are: Conceptual history can only be studied within a given language; concepts are articulated in abstract words, and other forms such as metaphors only serve to...
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Language: | English |
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Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
2017-10-01
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Series: | Transcultural Studies |
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Online Access: | https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/23700 |