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JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY  2009, Vol. 39 Issue (6): 112-    DOI:
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Signifier of Chinese Language and Its Effect on Chinese Literature and Culture

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Abstract  

The biggest difference between Chinese Language and Western Language lies on the difference of their signifier . Chinese Language mainly characterizes its numerous homonyms (same phoneme and different character) and sound-character mixed signifier,which led to its developed written language . Wenyan ( classical Chinese language) becomes a symbol of high culture . Calligraphy,then,became a form of art . Recognition of written Chinese delays the progress of immediate perception of words,and it leads toa thinking way which is full of tasteful apprehension . Homonymy produces metaphor . This is why China has been called a poetic nation and Chinese a poetic language . Such culture as well as literature can avoid drawbacks of metaphysics,being-to-beings change,the popularity of scientism for instance . However,People who speak Chinese holds the idea that thenatureoflanguageisfor use,whichenablesChineseculturetosafeguardandcontain some final values,Tao,for example,instead of the nihilism .What role Chinese culture will play in the eraof globalization depends on whether it cancreatea newethicvalue . TheambiguityofChinese word based on its special signifier causes pluralism and protects final values,and it should bring out an active answer to what is goodness in human life .Chinese culture as well as its logic working will make special contribution to the modern world.

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