Features of Language Game in Chinese Political Discourse
- Authors: Xiaoqi Y.1
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Affiliations:
- People’s Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
- Issue: No 4(885) (2024)
- Pages: 132-138
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2542-2197/article/view/306531
- ID: 306531
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The article deals with mechanisms of language play in the statements of Chinese politicians. It analyses ways of forming jokes and puns and purposes of their use in the political discourse of the People’s Republic of China. The article considers questions related to the difficulties of translating the Chinese language game. It concludes that humorous effect is created by means of referring to the recipient’s background knowledge, use of stylistic devices (metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, oxymoron, etc.) and culturally determined markers (features of Chinese writing and phraseology).
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Yuan Xiaoqi
People’s Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
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Email: 244344827@qq.com
postgraduate student at the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, Institute of Foreign Languages
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