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: The language of death in Taiwan: A case study of eulogistic idioms used at Buddhist and Christian funerals

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LU Wei-lun

Year of publication 2021
Type Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

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Description The paper investigates how use of metaphor in eulogistic idioms is influenced by the religion of the deceased in a multi-religious society. In particular, I will show how the conceptualization invoked by the use of idioms reflects the worldview that is specific to the family of a deceased of a certain religion.

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