New terms for new ideas : Western knowledge and lexical change in Late Imperial China /
This volume is about the lasting impact of new (Western) notions on the 19th and early 20th century Chinese language; their invention, spread and standardization
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2001
Leiden ; Boston : 2001 |
| Series: | Sinica Leidensia ;
v. 52 Sinica Leidensia v. 52 Sinica Leidensia, v. 52 Sinica Leidensia ; v. 52 Sinica Leidensia v. 52 Sinica Leidensia v. 52 Sinica Leidensia v. 52 |
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Table of Contents:
- Chinese Terminologies: On Preconceptions / Viviane Alleton
- Language Contact and Lexical Innovation / Benjamin K. T'Sou
- Language in the Modernization Process: The Integration of Western Concepts and Terms into Chinese and Japanese in the Nineteenth Century / Wolfgang Lipert
- 'Liberty', 'Democracy', 'President': The Translation and Usage of Some Political Terms in Late Qing China / Xiong Yuezhi
- Yi, Yang, Xi, Wai and Other Terms: The Transition from 'Barbarian' to 'Foreigner' in Late Imperial China / Fang Weigui
- The Notions of 'Power' and 'Rights' in Chinese Political Discourse / Rune Svarverud
- Coming to Terms with Logic: The Naturalization of an Occidental Notion in China / Joachim Kurtz
- An Inquiry into the History of the Chinese Terms Jiqi (Machine) and Jixie (Machinery) / Zhang Baichun
- Weights and Forces: The Introduction of Western Mechanics into Late Qing China / Iwo Amelung
- Yan Fu and the Tasks of the Translator / David Wright
- Natural Philosophy, Physics and Metaphysics in the Thought of Tan Sitong: The Concepts of Qi and Yitai / Ingo Schafer
- A New Inquiry into the Translation of Chemical Terms by John Fryer and Xu Shou / Wang Yangzong
- The Creation of Technical Terms in English Chinese Dictionaries from the Nineteenth Century / Shen Guowei
- On Mathematical Terminology: Culture Crossing in Nineteenth-Century China / Andrea Breard
- The Formation of Botanical Terminology: A Model or a Case Study? / Georges Metailie
- Some Reflections on the Sources of the Mashi wentong / Alain Peyraube
- Circumnavigating the Unfamiliar: Dao'an (314-385) and Yan Fu (1852-1921) on Western Grammar / Michael Lackner
- May Fourth Linguistic Orthodoxy and Rhetoric: Some Informal Comparative Notes / Christoph Harbsmeier