Abstract: The study of idioms in the academia of Japanese started earlier than in the academia of Chinese.Over the last few years,a comparative study of Chinese-Japanese idioms has drawn a growing attention.This paper first examines the definitions and usages of the Japanese idioms containing the head word 颜(face) and then discusses into which types of conversion between literal meaning and figurative meaning they fall,based on the theory of the linguist,R.A.Waldron.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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