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Missionary Linguistics in East Asia - The Origins of Religious Language in the Shaping of Christianity? (Paperback, New edition)
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Missionary Linguistics in East Asia - The Origins of Religious Language in the Shaping of Christianity? (Paperback, New edition)
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This book examines the language studies of Western missionaries in
China and beyond. The goal of this study is to examine the purpose,
methods, context, and influence of missionary language studies. The
book reveals new insights into the hitherto less well-known and
unstudied origins of language thinking. These publically unknown
sources virtually form our «hidden history of language. Some key
17th century and pre-17th century descriptions of language not only
pass on our Greco-Latin «grammatical heritage internationally for
about two millennia. They also reveal grammar, speaking, and
language as an esoteric knowledge. Our modern life has been formed
and influenced through both esoteric and common connotations in
language. It is precisely the techniques, allusions, and intentions
of language making revealed in rare, coded texts which have
influenced our modern identities. These extraordinary and highly
controversial interpretations of both language and Christianity
reveal that our modern identities have been largely shaped in the
absence of public knowledge and discussion.
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