UNDERSTANDING CHINESE K?I AND GU?N WHEN REMINDING PEOPLE TO SWITCH MOBILE MODE
This study investigates why people identically understand both Mandarin expressions ???????/q?ng ji?ng sh?u j? k?i zhèn dòng and???????/q?ng ji?ng sh?u j? gu?n zhèn dòng, which both mean please set your phone to vibrate. Four perspectives can be employed to explain. Firstly, the embodiments or image...
Main Author: | Chunying Wang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tawasul International Centre for Publishing, Research and Dialogue
2020-09-01
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Series: | International Journal of Language and Literary Studies |
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Online Access: | https://ijlls.org/index.php/ijlls/article/view/288 |
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