Visual Communication, Visual Metaphors, and the Organization of Cognitive Space
Visual thinking is an important part of many of the cultures of Asia. In these cultures, linguistic signs are not ordered linearly but ideographically. What this means, in essence, is that the visual space of these cultures differ from those of linear orthographies of the West. This results in a different use of cognitive space. How visual space is organized in these Asian cultures is the focus of this essay.
Phenomenology of Self across Cultures
In some cultures, the concept of the social self plays a dominant role in social relationships. This article discusses the concept of the social self in Japan as articulated by Watsuji and the Kyoto school of philosophy. Although western societies also share in the concept of the social self, their models of the social self are not as highly articulated or as deeply embedded in the sociology of everyday life.
Cultural Harmony versus Cultural Dissonance: Philosophical Approaches to Conflict Resolution
The concept of cultural harmony is intrinsically related to the models of conflict resolution used within a cultural framework. In allocentric cultures, social conflicts tend to be resolved through a communal quest for harmony. This differs from egocentric cultures where conflicts are embedded within the antagnistic rhetorical tradition of debate.
Globalization of Chinese Medicine
Intercultural Incomensurability and the Globalization of Chinese Medicine: The Case of Acupuncture
Intercultural Incomensurab ility and the Globalization of Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture (ppt)
Many of the models of globalization are economically based and focus on the cultural influences of the business model on other world cultures. What is missing from this research is the fact that many of these capitalistic world societies are also being globalized by other cultures. Chinese medicine provides such an example.
Asian English as Grammaticalization across Cultures
There is a phenomenon taking place among the English speaking nations of the world that recapitulates the same processes that changed Latin into many of their vernacular based relatives in Europe (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, and Rumanian). In these languages, Latin (the superlect) was imposed on the already existing languages (the sublect) of Europe. A similar process is taking place in Asia. English is emerging into many different linguistic varieties that, in some cases, already function as different languages (lingua franca languages). This essay focuses on the role that grammaticalization plays in that process in Asia.