Book Description
Deals with 300 Chinese expression that hold the key to a real understanding of Chinese culture. Reveals the significance of these `code words' and explains how they should be used and responded to.
Author : Boye De Mente
Publisher : Passport Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,96 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business etiquette
ISBN : 9780844284804
Deals with 300 Chinese expression that hold the key to a real understanding of Chinese culture. Reveals the significance of these `code words' and explains how they should be used and responded to.
Author : Boye Lafayette De Mente
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,45 MB
Release : 1996-11-16
Category : Japan
ISBN : 9780844283159
This useful text contains 230 Japanese expressions known to every Japanese, cross referencing of entries by thematic groupings, and a 14-entry set of introductory readings, designed to offer a broad cultural overview of Japan.
Author : Boye De Mente
Publisher :
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Korea
ISBN : 9780071448161
lthough Koreans naturally share many cultural characteristics with the Chinese and the Japanese, they also have a unique character and personality that sets them apart from all other Asians And although Korean attitudes and behavior may be influenced by the modern world, the Korean mindset is still very much shaped by ancient culture and traditions.In NTC's Dictionary of Korea's Business and Cultural Code Words, Boye Lafayette De Mente explores the meanings and cultural context of the most important "code words" of the Korean language, terms whose significance goes well beyond their literal definitions. The reader is given insights into the character and personality of the Korean people, providing bridges for communicating and interacting with them.
Author : Ming ZHAO
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9004535187
What is cultural semantics? How to define and analyze it in the lexicon of modern Chinese? This book outlines the development and research results of cultural semantic theory, and then proposes the distinction between two types of cultural semantics at the synchronic level: conceptual gap items and items with a cultural meaning. It provides criteria for identifying these items by using detailed examples from theory and application. Finally, the two types of cultural semantics are applied to the case of modern Chinese. The criteria proposed for determining the Chinese cultural semantics apply not only to this, but also to other languages. Therefore, this book offers an operational basis for further studies of cultural semantics in academia.
Author : Boye De Mente
Publisher : Contemporary Books
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Businesspeople, students, vacationers, and others who want to know more about the Koreans will find this an invaluable resource.
Author : Boye De Mente
Publisher : National Textbook Company
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 25,2 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Olga M. Karpova
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 144386563X
The present book is based on presentations made during the IXth International School on Lexicography, “Multi-disciplinary Lexicography: Traditions and Challenges of the XXIst Century”, at Ivanovo State University, September 8–10, 2011, and continues a series of collective monographs devoted to the theoretical and practical problems of lexicography, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2007, 2009 and 2010. The scope of topics discussed in four parts (Dictionary as a Cross-road of Language and Culture, Dictionary Use and Dictionary Criticism, Terminology and LSP Studies, and Projects of New Dictionaries) is rather wide and focuses on burning problems of European, Russian and world lexicography, as well as on projects of new dictionaries. This book will be of interest to theoreticians, practitioners, and students of linguistic faculties.
Author : Boye De Mente
Publisher : Contemporary Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
For centuries the Japanese used their language as a barrier to prevent non-Japanese from learning about the inner workings of Japnese society and to ward off foreign influence. In fact, for a long period in Japan's history the teeaching of Japanese to foreigners was a serious crime against the state. In this enlightening work, renowned Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente discusses how the psychology of the social and political system that evolved over the centuries became imbued in and expressed by the language to a degree seldom seen in other cultures. The author brings more than 25 years of experience in Japan to the task of revealing the hidden cultural significance of current expressions in the Japanese language. With ample reference to history, psychology, philosophy, and religion, the reader learns how the Japanese view certain behaviours and attitudes and why they are conditioned to respond in certain ways to specific situations. Features: 230 quintessentially Japanese expressions that every Japanese knows - and believes that non-Japanese cannot possibly understand a 14-entry set of introductory readings, designed to offer a broad cultural overview of Japan cross-referencing of entires by thematic groupings, such as "Loyalty," "Collective Behaviour," and "Leadership" This innovative text provides readers with the insights necessary for effective communication with their Japanese counterparts. Whatever your involvement with Japan - personal, travel, or business - NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words is an invaluable and one-of-a-kind reference.
Author : Edward Lawrence Davis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1158 pages
File Size : 47,37 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 041577716X
First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Boye De Mente
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 13,41 MB
Release : 2000-09-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780658010781
The complete guide to Chinese thought and culture.