2313-8912Research Result. Theoretical and Applied Linguistics2313-891210.18413/2313-8912-2018-4-3-0-71481THEORY OF LANGUAGEFROM BOUNDARY TO TERRITORY: CULTURAL CATEGORY “sì-hǎi” AND THE CHINESE CULTURAL GROUPFROM BOUNDARY TO TERRITORY: CULTURAL CATEGORY “sì-hǎi” AND THE CHINESE CULTURAL GROUPGeJingshenGeJingshenjingshen@bk.ruDeeney (Kuprieva)Irina ADeeney (Kuprieva)Irina Akuprieva@yandex.ruOcean University of China (OUC), ChinaGriboyedov Institute of International Law and Economics, Russia20184300

This research attempts to study the cultural cognations embedded in the spatial oriented cultural category “sì-hǎi”, and the relationship between the cultural category “sì-hǎi” and the Chinese cultural group, with data obtained from the contemporary East Asian Culture of China from Cultural Linguistic perspectives. This research focuses on the evolution of the cultural conceptualizations of the cultural category “sì-hǎi” from a diachronic perspective, and claims that the cultural category “sì-hǎi” is a notion of the spiritual territory which is closely related to the Chinese cultural groups.

This research attempts to study the cultural cognations embedded in the spatial oriented cultural category “sì-hǎi”, and the relationship between the cultural category “sì-hǎi” and the Chinese cultural group, with data obtained from the contemporary East Asian Culture of China from Cultural Linguistic perspectives. This research focuses on the evolution of the cultural conceptualizations of the cultural category “sì-hǎi” from a diachronic perspective, and claims that the cultural category “sì-hǎi” is a notion of the spiritual territory which is closely related to the Chinese cultural groups.

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