EAN: 9783447120654

WHEN THE WEST MEETS THE EAST KARTONIERT (TB)

This book provides a collection of articles on early encounters of Western missionaries and
scholars with the languages of the Sinosphere. These encounters had a considerable impact on
the history of Chinese linguistics in the West and in the East. The volume focuses on Western
and Chinese linguistic perspectives within their historical and sociological contexts. Thus  it
provides a bridge between West and East  linguistics and history. Particular emphasis lies on
the special influence Taiwanese linguistic studies have on the history of linguistic studies of
East Asian languages. Many of the early grammatical works on Chinese languages are closely
connected to Taiwan and Taiwanese languages. Additionally  Chinese linguistic traditions and
their interaction with Western linguistics are at issue  as well as early Western accounts of
the Chinese languages and their impact on linguistic studies in the West and in the East. The
volume demonstrates the great influence the encounter with Sinitic languages had on the
development of new linguistic concepts in the West  and it provides a window into cultural and
linguistic relations from a unique perspective  transcending the Eurocentric view  and probing
the motives of the missionary and colonial endeavors.

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