A Study of the Multi-functionality of Language in On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous
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diasporic experience in America. However, it has received rare scholarly attention in China. Language in this novel functions not merely as
a medium of communication but also as a bridge connecting past and present, homeland and hostland. By analyzing cases in points such as
characters' names, the failure of the mother tongue, the acquisition of a foreign language, and the invocations of family, this paper explores the
poetic, metalingual, conative, and emotive functions of language.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/rcha.v3i12.8610
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