TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tien,Adrian
TI  - The semantics of Chinese music: analysing selected Chinese musical concepts 
T2  - Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts,
SN  - 9789027268914
AV  - ML3877 
U1  - 781.1/70951 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Publishing Company
KW  - Music
KW  - China
KW  - Philosophy and aesthetics
KW  - Music and language
KW  - Qin music
KW  - Analysis, appreciation
KW  - Musique et langage
KW  - Chine
KW  - Qin, Musique de
KW  - Analyse et appréciation
KW  - MUSIC
KW  - Instruction & Study
KW  - Theory
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Music is a widely enjoyed human experience. It is, therefore, natural that we have wanted to describe, document, analyse and, somehow, grasp it in language. This book surveys a representative selection of musical concepts in Chinese language, i.e. words that describe, or refer to, aspects of Chinese music. Important as these musical concepts are in the language, they have been in wide circulation since ancient times without being subjected to any serious semantic analysis. The current study is the first known attempt at analysing these Chinese musical concepts linguistically, adopting the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach to formulate semantically and cognitively rigorous explications. Readers will be able to better understand not only these musical concepts but also significant aspects of the Chinese culture which many of these musical concepts represent. This volume contributes to the fields of cognitive linguistics, semantics, music, musicology and Chinese studies, offering readers a fresh account of Chinese ways of thinking, not least Chinese ways of viewing or appreciating music. Ultimately, this study represents trailblazing research on the relationship between language, culture and cognition
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