The Cultural Pragmatics of Danger: Cross-linguistic perspectives
Edited by Carsten Levisen and Zhengdao Ye
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 346] 2024. vii, 251 pp.
Zhengdao Ye
List of John Benjamins publications for which Zhengdao Ye plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
“Happiness” and “Pain” across Languages and Cultures
Edited by Cliff Goddard and Zhengdao Ye
[Benjamins Current Topics, 84] 2016. vi, 145 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Semantics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
"Happiness" and "Pain" across Languages and Cultures
Edited by Cliff Goddard and Zhengdao Ye
Special issue of International Journal of Language and Culture 1:2 (2014) v, 141 pp.
Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Applied linguistics | Cognition and language | Cognitive psychology | Communication Studies | Pragmatics
2024 Chapter 11. Security , Sicherheit , ānquán: Similar-but-different key concepts in English, German and Chinese The Cultural Pragmatics of Danger: Cross-linguistic perspectives, Levisen, Carsten and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 217–235 | Chapter
In this chapter we first develop a semantic-conceptual analysis of the English word security, a key word in international geopolitical discourse, contrasting it with English safety. We then investigate the meanings of comparable words in German and in Chinese, i.e. Sicherheit and ānquán,… read more
2024 Epilogue: Beyond dangers and disasters: Further reflections and a guide for future research in cultural pragmatics The Cultural Pragmatics of Danger: Cross-linguistic perspectives, Levisen, Carsten and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 236–242 | Chapter
2024 Chapter 1. “When bad things happen to people”: Cultural pragmatics and cross-linguistic perspectives on danger The Cultural Pragmatics of Danger: Cross-linguistic perspectives, Levisen, Carsten and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 1–22 | Chapter
The main challenge for studying the pragmatics of danger in a global context is how to separate pseudo-universals from genuinely shared themes in discourses of danger. To identify common themes, it is important to approach the discourses from a principled perspective that enables a genuine… read more
2024 Chapter 10. The cultural pragmatics of “danger” in Chinese political discourse The Cultural Pragmatics of Danger: Cross-linguistic perspectives, Levisen, Carsten and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 194–216 | Chapter
This chapter examines a way of speaking about “looming danger” that is pervasive in Chinese Communist Party discourse but which has not been given much attention in studies of Chinese elite politics. It centres on cultural beliefs underlying the discourse of jū ān sī wēi (‘think about danger… read more
2016 Exploring “happiness” and “pain” across languages and cultures “Happiness” and “Pain” across Languages and Cultures, Goddard, Cliff and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Article
This chapter argues that the cross-linguistic study of subjective experience as expressed, described and construed in language cannot be set on a sound footing without the aid of a systematic and non-Anglocentric approach to lexical semantic analysis. This conclusion follows from two facts, one… read more
2016 The meaning of “happiness” (xìngfú) and “emotional pain” (tòngkŭ) in Chinese “Happiness” and “Pain” across Languages and Cultures, Goddard, Cliff and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 65–86 | Article
This chapter undertakes detailed meaning analyses of xìngfú, a concept central to contemporary Chinese discourse on “happiness,” and its opposite tòngkŭ (‘emotional anguish/suffering/pain’). Drawing data from five Chinese corpora and applying the semantic techniques developed by Natural Semantic… read more
2014 Exploring “happiness” and “pain” across languages and cultures "Happiness" and "Pain" across Languages and Cultures, Goddard, Cliff and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 131–148 | Article
This paper argues that the cross-linguistic study of subjective experience as expressed, described and construed in language cannot be set on a sound footing without the aid of a systematic and non-Anglocentric approach to lexical semantic analysis. This conclusion follows from two facts, one… read more
2014 The meaning of “happiness” (xìngfú) and “emotional pain” (tòngkŭ) in Chinese "Happiness" and "Pain" across Languages and Cultures, Goddard, Cliff and Zhengdao Ye (eds.), pp. 194–215 | Article
This paper undertakes detailed meaning analyses of xìngfú, a concept central to contemporary Chinese discourse on “happiness,” and its opposite tòngkŭ (‘emotional anguish/suffering/pain’). Drawing data from five Chinese corpora and applying the semantic techniques developed by Natural Semantic… read more
2007 7. 'Memorisation', learning and cultural cognition: The notion of bèi ('auditory memorisation') in the written Chinese tradition The Language of Memory in a Crosslinguistic Perspective, Amberber, Mengistu (ed.), pp. 139–180 | Article
This study examines a cultural practice of ‘remembering’ – bèi (‘auditory memorisation’), which plays a prominent role in the learning experience of Chinese people. It first conducts a detailed semantic analysis of bèi , using natural semantic metalanguage to reveal a culture-internal view of and… read more
2007 6. Taste as a gateway to Chinese cognition Mental States: Volume 2: Language and cognitive structure, Schalley, Andrea C. and Drew Khlentzos (eds.), pp. 109–132 | Article
2002 Different modes of describing emotions in Chinese: Bodily changes, sensations, and bodily images The Body in Description of Emotion: Cross-linguistic studies, Enfield, N.J. and Anna Wierzbicka (eds.), pp. 307–339 | Article
This paper examines the different ways in which the body is linguistically codified in the Chinese language of emotions. The three general modes of emotion description under examination are via (a) externally observable (involuntary) bodily changes, (b) sensation, and (c) figurative bodily images. read more