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Politics and the Chinese Language
April 15, 2010 @ 12:00 am
What distinguishes political language from daily-life language in thePeople’s Republic of China? In what ways have different sorts of
people (officials, protesters, ordinary folk) used or responded to the
official language? Ludwig Wittgenstein used the term “language game”
(Sprachspiel) to understand how people get through life using words.
Can this notion help us understand official language use in China?
Professor Link will investigate and answer these important and
fascinating questions.
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