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“Self” in Language, Culture, and Cognition
Yanying Lu
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 10] 2019
► pp. 1–10

Chapter 1
Migrating the Chinese self

This research explores Mainland-born Chinese immigrants’ perception of selfhood. Against the background of contemporary diaspora discourse, Chapter 1 seeks to define the self at the interface of language, culture and cognition. It highlights the role of the cultural context in the production of socially transmitted norms and tendencies in the articulation of personhood in modern China.
Keywords: self, diaspora discourse, Chinese language, culture, cognition
Article outline
  • 1.1The contemporary concept of self
  • 1.2Contemporary Chinese immigrants
  • 1.3The discourse of contemporary Chinese identity
  • 1.4An overview of the present research
  • Notes
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