Metaphors of Self and Communication English and Cantonese

By Scollon, Suzanne

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Title:	Metaphors of Self and Communication English and Cantonese
Author:	Scollon, Suzanne
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Language:	English
Subject:	Philosophy, Theology, Literature
Collections:	Religious Literature Collection, Sacred and Theological Works Collection
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Excerpt: More than three decades ago, George Steiner pointed out in his essay ?The Retreat from the Word? the essentially verbal nature of Western civilization. Scholars in the Greek, Judaic, and Christian traditions have used language to order reality in the realms of literature, philosophy, theology, law, and history. He characterizes works in this tradition as ...