The Chinese folk model of facial expressions: A linguistic perspective

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-222

  Ye, Zhengdao ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese facial expressions; Cultural semantics; Folk model; Language and culture; Linguistic representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042771628     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X04040928     Document Type: Article

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