Abstract
Abstract
The paper presents an in-depth analysis of the language of death in Chinese and discusses the relation between
language and occupation as a social factor in analyzing the language of death. In this paper, I address in what specific ways
Cognitive Linguistics may serve as a useful analytical framework in studying Chinese idioms used in funerals, in an attempt to
uncover cultural elements and viewpoint structure in communicating death. The study introduces basic constructs in Cognitive
Linguistics which could be used for such an analysis, and applies this CL machinery to analyzing three selected groups of
four-character eulogistic idioms used at funerals in Taiwan. The analysis shows that, in addition to Conceptual Metaphor Theory,
which has been considered the classic CL tool for studying abstract concepts like death, the subjectivity/objectivity distinction
in Cognitive Grammar may also be employed as a complementary and useful theoretical construct in studying the language of death,
as it helps identify the special characteristics of the eulogistic idioms for teachers as a special profession in the Chinese
culture.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
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