Recreating the Images of Chan Master Huineng

Hailing Yu

The book applies systemic functional linguistics (SFL) to the comparison of four English translations of the Platform Sutra (1930, 1977, 1998 and 2011) in the field of translation studies. The Platform Sutra is an ancient Chan Buddhist text that records the public sermons and conversations of the Ch...

Body Talk and Cultural Identity in the African World

Augustine Agwuele, Ann Albuyeh, Dotun Ayobade, Michael Sharp, Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi, Maureen N. Eke, Karen W. Sanders, Moges Yigezu, Abimbola A. Adelakun, Damaris Seleina Parsitau

Augustine Agwuele

The body is a site bearing multiple signs of cultural inscriptions. People's postures, use of space, dress codes, speech particularities, facial expressions, tone qualities, gaze, and gestures are codes that send messages to observers. These messages differ across cultures and times. Some of these n...