Fictive Questions In The Zhuangzi

Author : Mingjian Xiang
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027250032

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Fictive questions in the Zhuangzi by Mingjian Xiang Pdf

Rhetoric is intimately related to interaction and cognition. This book explores the cognitive underpinnings of rhetoric by presenting a case study of the rhetorical use of interactional structures, namely expository questions and rhetorical questions, in the classical Chinese tradition. Such questions are generally meant to evoke silent answers in the addressee’s mind, thereby involving a fictive type of interaction. The book analyzes fictive questions as intersubjective mixed viewpoint constructions, involving a viewpoint blend of the perspectives of the writer, the assumed prospective readers, and possibly also that of the discourse characters. The analysis further shows that in addition to attention, other late developing human capacities such as mental simulation and perspective taking also have a pivotal role to play in rhetoric, on the basis of which a simulation-based rhetorical model of persuasion is proposed to account for meaning construction in rhetorical practices. The book will influence our understanding of rhetorical practices outside the Western tradition but within the framework of cognitive semantics.

Author : Vera da Silva Sinha,Ana Moreno-Núñez,Zhen Tian
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261243

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Language, Culture and Identity – Signs of Life by Vera da Silva Sinha,Ana Moreno-Núñez,Zhen Tian Pdf

The dynamics of language, culture and identity are a major focus for many linguists and cognitive and cultural researchers. This book explores the inextricable connection that language has with cultural identity and cultural practices, with a particular emphasis on how they contribute to shaping personal identity. The volume brings together selected peer-reviewed papers from the 7th International Conference on Language, Culture and Mind with other specially commissioned chapters. Like the conference, this book aims to enhance mutual understanding among researchers from diverse disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, offering a wealth of insights to a wide range of readers on recent culturally oriented cognitive studies of language.

Author : Romain Graziani
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350124349

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Fiction and Philosophy in the Zhuangzi by Romain Graziani Pdf

Brimming with mythical imagination, poetic sallies, and often ferociously witty remarks, the Zhuangzi is one of China's greatest literary and philosophical masterpieces. Yet the complexities of this classical text can make it a challenging read. This English translation leads you confidently through the comic scenes and virtuoso writing style, introducing all the little stories Zhuangzi invented and unpicking its philosophical insights through close commentaries and helpful asides. Romain Graziani opens up the text as never before, showing how Zhuangzi uses the stories as an answer to Mencius's conception of sacrifice and self-cultivation, restoring the critical interplay with Confucius' Analects, and guiding you through the themes of the animal world, sacrifice, political violence, meditation, illness, and death. In Graziani's translation, the co-founder of Taoism emerges as a remarkable thinker: a dedicated disparager of moral virtues who stubbornly resists any form of allegiance to social norms and the only Warring States figure to improvise with the darkest irony on the weaknesses of men and their docile subservience to the unquestioned authority of language. For anyone coming to Chinese philosophy or the Zhuangzi for the first time, this introduction and translation is a must-read, one that reminds us of the importance of thinking beyond our limited, everyday perspectives.

Author : Roger T. Ames
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780791494714

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Wandering at Ease in the Zhuangzi by Roger T. Ames Pdf

Chinese philosophy specialists examine the Zhuangzi, a third century B.C.E. Daoist classic, in this collection of interpretive essays. The Zhuangzi is a celebration of human creativity—its language is lucid and opaque; its images are darkly brilliant; its ideas are seriously playful. Without question, it is one of the most challenging achievements of human literary culture. Thematically, the Zhuangzi offers diverse insights into how to develop an appropriate and productive attitude to one's life in this world. Resourced over the centuries by Chinese artists and intellectuals alike, this text has provoked a commentarial tradition that rivals any masterpiece of world literature. Wandering at Ease in the Zhuangzi continues the interpretive tradition as Western scholars shed light on selected passages from the difficult text, offering the needed mediation between available translations of the Zhuangzi and the reader's process of understanding. Taken as a whole, this anthology is a primer on how to read the Zhuangzi.

Author : Esther Pascual,Sergeiy Sandler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266507

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The Conversation Frame by Esther Pascual,Sergeiy Sandler Pdf

This edited volume brings together the latest research on fictive interaction, that is the use of the frame of ordinary conversation as a means to structure cognition (talking to oneself), discourse (monologues organized as dialogues), and grammar (“why me? attitude”). This follows prior work on the subject by Esther Pascual and other authors, most of whom are also contributors to this volume. The 17 chapters in the volume explore fictive interaction as a fundamental cognitive phenomenon, as a ubiquitous discourse-structuring device, as a possibly universal linguistic construction, and as an effective communicative strategy in persuasion and language pathology. The data discussed involve a wide variety of unrelated languages (spoken and signed) and modes of communication (oral, written, visual), across cultural contexts and historical time. The research presented combines linguistics and cognitive science, while bridging the gap between core grammatical studies and modern conversation and discourse analysis. The volume further reaches across what may be the most basic divide in linguistics: that between descriptive, theoretical, and applied linguistics.

Author : Kim-chong Chong
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030923310

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Dao Companion to the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi by Kim-chong Chong Pdf

This comprehensive collection brings out the rich and deep philosophical resources of the Zhuangzi. It covers textual, linguistic, hermeneutical, ethical, social/political and philosophical issues, with the latter including epistemological, metaphysical, phenomenological and cross-cultural (Chinese and Western) aspects. The volume starts out with the textual history of the Zhuangzi, and then examines how language is used in the text. It explores this unique characteristic of the Zhuangzi, in terms of its metaphorical forms, its use of humour in deriding and parodying the Confucians, and paradoxically making Confucius the spokesman for Zhuangzi’s own point of view. The volume discusses questions such as: Why does Zhuangzi use language in this way, and how does it work? Why does he not use straightforward propositional language? Why is language said to be inadequate to capture the “dao” and what is the nature of this dao? The volume puts Zhuangzi in the philosophical context of his times, and discusses how he relates to other philosophers such as Laozi, Xunzi, and the Logicians.

Author : Master Zhuangzi
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1514219271

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Zhuangzi by Master Zhuangzi Pdf

The Zhuangzi is an ancient Chinese work from the late Warring States period (3rd century BC) which contains stories and anecdotes that exemplify the carefree nature of the ideal Daoist sage. Named for its traditional author, "Master Zhuang" (Zhuangzi), the Zhuangzi is one of the two foundational texts of Daoism, along with the Laozi (Dao De Jing). The Zhuangzi is composed of a large collection of anecdotes, allegories, parables, and fables, which are often humorous or irreverent in nature. Its main themes are of spontaneity in action and of freedom from the human world and its conventions. The fables and anecdotes in the text attempt to illustrate the falseness of human distinctions between good and bad, large and small, life and death, and human and nature. While other philosophers wrote of moral and personal duty, Zhuangzi promoted carefree wandering and becoming one with "the Way" by following nature. Though primarily known as a philosophical work, the Zhuangzi is regarded as one of the greatest literary works in all of Chinese history, and has been called "the most important pre-Qin text for the study of Chinese literature." A masterpiece of both philosophical and literary skill, it has significantly influenced writers for more than 2000 years from the Han dynasty to the present.

Author : Kim-chong Chong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030923320

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Dao Companion to the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi by Kim-chong Chong Pdf

This comprehensive collection brings out the rich and deep philosophical resources of the Zhuangzi. It covers textual, linguistic, hermeneutical, ethical, social/political and philosophical issues, with the latter including epistemological, metaphysical, phenomenological and cross-cultural (Chinese and Western) aspects. The volume starts out with the textual history of the Zhuangzi, and then examines how language is used in the text. It explores this unique characteristic of the Zhuangzi, in terms of its metaphorical forms, its use of humour in deriding and parodying the Confucians, and paradoxically making Confucius the spokesman for Zhuangzi's own point of view. The volume discusses questions such as: Why does Zhuangzi use language in this way, and how does it work? Why does he not use straightforward propositional language? Why is language said to be inadequate to capture the "dao" and what is the nature of this dao? The volume puts Zhuangzi in the philosophical context of his times, and discusses how he relates to other philosophers such as Laozi, Xunzi, and the Logicians.

Author : Tzu Chuang,James Legge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1911405373

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Chuang Tzu by Tzu Chuang,James Legge Pdf

The Chuang Tzu is one of the key foundational works of Chinese Daoism, preaching non-contention, non-intention, simplicity and humility as the path to perfect equanimity amidst life's turmoil. The master Chang Tzu pursues this teaching via humour and historic parable: a deep book of many levels, that will repay reading on a regular basis.

Author : Zhuangzi,Elizabeth Breuilly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:638811201

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The Book of Chuang Tzu by Zhuangzi,Elizabeth Breuilly Pdf

Author : Esther Pascual
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269799

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Fictive Interaction by Esther Pascual Pdf

Language is intimately related to interaction. The question arises: Is the structure of interaction somehow mirrored in language structure and use? This book suggests a positive answer to this question by examining the ubiquitous phenomenon of fictive interaction, in which non-genuine conversational turns appear in discourse, even within clauses, phrases, and lexical items (e.g. “Not happy? Money back! guarantee”). The book is based on a collection of hundreds of examples of fictive interaction at all grammatical levels from a wide variety of spoken, written, and signed languages, and from many different discourse genres. Special attention is devoted to the strategic use of fictive interaction in legal argumentation, with a focus on high-profile criminal trials. Both trial lawyers and lay jurors often present material evidence or murder victims as speaking, and express emotions and intentions in conversational terms. The book thus establishes the role of the conversational turn—rather than the sentence—as the basic unit of language, and the role of conversation as a frame that structures cognition, discourse, and grammar.

Author : Hans-Georg Moeller,Paul J. D'Ambrosio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0231183984

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Genuine Pretending by Hans-Georg Moeller,Paul J. D'Ambrosio Pdf

This book presents an innovative reading of Daoist philosophy that highlights the critical and therapeutic functions of satire and humor. Moeller and D'Ambrosio show how the Zhuangzi expounds the Daoist art of "genuine pretending" the paradoxical skill of enacting social roles without submitting to them or letting them define one's identity.

Author : Paul Kjellberg,Philip J. Ivanhoe
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0791428923

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Essays on Skepticism, Relativism, and Ethics in the Zhuangzi by Paul Kjellberg,Philip J. Ivanhoe Pdf

The Chinese philosophical text Zhuangzi was written by Zhuangzi in the fourth century BCE. With humor and relentless logic Zhuangzi attacks claims to knowledge about the world, especially evaluative knowledge of what is good and bad or right and wrong. This book is about the man and the text.

Author : Sor-hoon Tan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472580306

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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies by Sor-hoon Tan Pdf

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies presents a new understanding of the changing methods used to study Chinese philosophy. By identifying the various different approaches and discussing the role, and significance of philosophical methods in the Chinese tradition, this collection identifies difficulties and exciting developments for scholars of Asian philosophy. Divided into four parts, the nature of Chinese philosophical thought is illuminated by discussing historical developments, current concerns and methodological challenges. Surveying recent methodological trends, this research companion explores and evaluates the methodologies that have been applied to Chinese philosophy. From these diverse angles, an international team of experts reflect on the considerations that enter their methodological choices and indicate new research directions. The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies is an important contribution to the education of the next generation of Chinese philosophers.

Author : Enrique Jiménez,Catherine Mittermayer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501510274

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Disputation Literature in the Near East and Beyond by Enrique Jiménez,Catherine Mittermayer Pdf

Disputation literature is a type of text in which usually two non-human entities (such as trees, animals, drinks, or seasons) try to establish their superiority over each other by means of a series of speeches written in an elaborate, flowery register. As opposed to other dialogue literature, in disputation texts there is no serious matter at stake only the preeminence of one of the litigants over its rival. These light-hearted texts are known in virtually every culture that flourished in the Middle East from Antiquity to the present day, and they constitute one of the most enduring genres in world literature. The present volume collects over twenty contributions on disputation literature by a diverse group of world-renowned scholars. From ancient Sumer to modern-day Bahrain, from Egyptian to Neo-Aramaic, including Latin, French, Middle English, Armenian, Chinese and Japanese, the chapters of this book study the multiple avatars of this venerable text type.