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Journal of Dialectics of Nature. 2013, (03) Core

Body-view in Chinese Language: Language Permeation of Somatic ThinkingChinese Full Text

CHEN Zichen, WANG Xinjian (Social Psychology Department, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071)

Abstract: The somatic tendency of Chinese illness expression has long been an issue in psychology and psychiatry. To a great extent, that tendency roots in traditional body-view and permeates into Chinese daily lives through Chinese language use. The body- related metaphors in Chinese language have some unique features, showing differences between traditional Chinese body-view and that of the West. The Chinese character " 身 " never equals body （soma） in Western languages; it has ontological position in tr... More
Keywords：

Chinese language; Body-view; Somatization;

  • DOI：

    10.15994/j.1000-0763.2013.03.013

  • Series：

    (A) Mathematics/ Physics/ Mechanics/ Astronomy; (F) Literature/ History/ Philosophy; (H) Education ＆ Social Sciences

  • Subject：

    Psychology; Sociology and Statistics

  • Classification Code：

    B849;C91

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