Book contents
- Chinese Signs
- Chinese Signs
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part I General Characteristics
- Part II Essential Signs
- Part III Other Signs
- 16 Advertising
- 17 Civic Signs
- 18 Dialectal Elements
- 19 The Chinese Diaspora
- 20 Foreign Infusion
- 21 (Supplemental): Mistranslated Signs
- References
- Index of Figures
- Index
17 - Civic Signs
from Part III - Other Signs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 February 2024
Book contents
- Chinese Signs
- Chinese Signs
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part I General Characteristics
- Part II Essential Signs
- Part III Other Signs
- 16 Advertising
- 17 Civic Signs
- 18 Dialectal Elements
- 19 The Chinese Diaspora
- 20 Foreign Infusion
- 21 (Supplemental): Mistranslated Signs
- References
- Index of Figures
- Index
Summary
This chapter includes civic signs and political banners, which seem to be particularly numerous in China. They are used to extol civic and cultural values reflecting the current social and political climate. From their contents, one can get a sense of what are considered important at a particular time. Like couplets, the rhetorical device of parallelism is frequently employed.
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- Chinese SignsAn Introduction to China's Linguistic Landscape, pp. 160 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024