The following conversation between Zhu Hua (ZH) and Claire Kramsch (CK) was conducted on 27 October 2020 at a webinar organized by Rebecca Taylor and Rachel Tonkin from Cambridge University Press on the occasion of the impending publication of Claire's book Language as Symbolic Power and in the shadow of the imminent presidential American election. What follows are extracts from the conversation in which we have incorporated some of the questions sent in by the attendees. ZH: What motivated you to choose this topic for your book?

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克莱尔·克拉姆施对话朱华

朱华 (ZH) 和 Claire Kramsch (CK) 之间的以下对话于 2020 年 10 月 27 日在剑桥大学出版社的 Rebecca Taylor 和 Rachel Tonkin 组织的网络研讨会上进行，当时克莱尔的书即将出版作为象征力量的语言在即将到来的美国总统大选的阴影下。以下是对话的摘录，我们在其中纳入了与会者提出的一些问题。 ZH: 是什么促使你为你的书选择这个主题？