Language Game--Limitation of Western Paradigm

Do you play tennis with your hand? Or always with a racket? Maybe that's the same thing languages does in our life when we "play games" with others!

你打网球是用手吗？还是每个人都拿着规定好的网球拍来打网球？不能用乒乓球拍打网球吧，有点不公平诶～

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BGM: 人如何学会语言--郑宜农

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chapter 11—Socio-economic Stratification in the Guangzhou Speech Community: Language Behaviour in Shopping Areas of Yuexiu and Tianhe Districts Marinus van den Berg

Concepts Mentioned：

Edward Siad爱德华·萨义德—东方主义 (Orientalism)

Ludwig Wittgenstein路德维希·维特根斯坦—语言游戏/逻辑哲学论

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