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Huang, Xin – English Language Teaching, 2013
The "Analects" is the most influential and enduring Chinese classics, which shows its splendor as early as 2,400 years ago between the spring and autumn and the warring states periods, covering a wide scope of subjects from politics, philosophy, literature and art to the education and moral cultivation. To the translator, the most…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Chinese, Translation, Lexicology
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Karimnia, Amin; Afghari, Akbar – English Language Teaching, 2010
In this study, Natural Semantic Metalanguage (henceforth NSM) was used to carry out a comparative analysis. The compliment response behavior of native Persian speakers was compared with that of Native American English speakers to see if it can provide evidence for applicability of NSM model which is claimed to be universal. The descriptive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning