Case Analysis of Cognitive Switch Between Chinese and English Languages: Encouraging Learners to Explore on Their Own the Reasons Behind

by Zhong Chen

Overview

The Chinese language contains a set of mind-sets that differ from those in English. Such differences between languages require mind-set conversion in cross-cultural communication. In applying cognitive linguistic theories to examining cross-cultural communication cases, this book explores cognitive mind-sets in English and Chinese as well as the processes of converting them from one language to another. It focuses on the principles by which a language selects its cognitive perspective based on its cultural convention, perception, and the conventional ways of representation of the world. In analyzing the linguistic rules and culturally driven cognitive motivation through an issue-driven and case study approach, this book helps students and other readers understand better the cross-cultural cognitive motivation between English and Chinese. In so doing, this book aims at enhancing the interest level and study efficacy for foreign language learning. This book can serve as a reference for instructors in syllabus designing as well as for linguistic professional training. The book is also suitable to be used as a reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students majoring in linguistics, translation, and teaching Chinese as foreign language to speakers of other languages. Finally, it can be a useful reference for undergraduates who learn Chinese as a foreign language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524534080
Publisher:	Xlibris US
Publication date:	08/29/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	180
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr. Chen Zhong is a professor of linguistics at Beijing Language and Culture University. He received his PhD in linguistics at Fudan University in 2002. He had been a member of the faculty at Shanghai International Studies University before 2007 and had been a visiting scholar at Georgia State University for four years. Dr. Chen focuses on comparative research on cross-cultural cognitive mind-set conversion between Chinese and English from a perspective of cognitive linguistics, syntax, semantics, and cross-cultural communication. He also researches the relationship between sentence structure and function in order to examine the matching principles among syntax, semantics, and cognition. He has published four books, including Cognitive Linguistics as well as dozens of articles on journals such as Studies of the Chinese Language, Contemporary Linguistics, and Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies. Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, February 2015, Volume 50:1. E-mail: [e-mail].