Understanding Oriental and Western Dragons in a Globalised World: A Cross-linguistic Study of Dragon-based Metaphorical Expressions in Chinese and English

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Understanding Oriental and Western Dragons in a Globalised World: A Cross-linguistic Study of Dragon-based Metaphorical Expressions in Chinese and English

Animal metaphors are widely utilised across diverse linguistic landscapes and transcend cultural boundaries. This paper examines the relationship between culture and linguistic expressions by analysing metaphors in the idioms and proverbs of two typologically different languages: Chinese and English...

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Published in:	3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature
Main Author:	Chew M.E.; Ng L.S.; Jaafar N.M.; Yeap C.K.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024
Online Access:	https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85213844293&doi=10.17576%2f3L-2024-3004-01&partnerID=40&md5=779a577addccc0c5baf3163790e24498

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