Protestant Bible translation and Mandarin as the national language of China /

This book represents the first monograph-length study of the relationship between Protestant Bible translation and the development of Mandarin from a lingua franca into the national language of China. Drawing on both published and unpublished sources, this book looks into the translation, publicatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mak, George Kam Wah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Colección:Sinica Leidensia ; v. 131.
Temas:
Zhong guo gong chan dang
Bible > Translating > China > History.
Bible. > Chinese. > He he ben > History.
Bible > Traduction > Chine > Histoire.
Bible
Bibel
Übersetzung > Bibel.
Chinese language > Standardization > History.
Chinois (Langue) > Normalisation > Histoire.
Chinese language > Standardization
Autoritärer Staat
Chinesisch
Macht
Standardisierung
Übersetzung
Protestantismus
Sprachnorm
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of figures and tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Conventions
  • Introduction
  • The emergence of the mandarin protestant bible and the idea of tongxing mandarin in chinese protestant bible translation
  • Mandarin : the lingua franca of the officials or the common language?
  • Was there a standard mandarin?
  • The emergence of the mandarin protestant bible
  • Towards a tongxing mandarin : a prelude to mandarin as the national language of china
  • Institutional patronage and the mandarin bible as the tongxing bible in china
  • The british and foreign bible society (BFBS)
  • The BFBS in China
  • How did the BFBS promote mandarin bible translation and circulation?
  • Financial sponsorship
  • Honorary roll
  • Colportage system
  • The BFBS'S ideological control over mandarin bible translation
  • The greek text of the mandarin union version
  • The 'Without note or comment' principle and the BFBS'S translational helps for the mandarin bible
  • The use of the mandarin bible and the promotion of mandarin as guoyu
  • The mandarin bible, the building of a biblical and literate chinese church, and the promotion of mandarin as guoyu
  • How did the mandarin bible as a text promote the use of mandarin as guoyu?
  • In church-related settings
  • Outside the church
  • Biblical mandarin and modern chinese lexicon
  • Fandui ...
  • Shijie ...
  • Xiaoxi ...
  • Yijian ...
  • Ziyou ...
  • Biblical mandarin and modern chinese grammar
  • The transposition of yinwei ... subordinate clause
  • The expanded uses of the bei ... passive construction
  • The increasing use of ... as a marker of indefiniteness
  • The expanded uses of zai ...
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index of biblical verses
  • General index.

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