Andrew Ji Ma
Biographic Data
| ID | 2925209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Ji Ma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew Ji |
| FAMILY NAME | Ma |
| SIGNATURE | MA A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6421-4081 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
More than cool reason: John Hart’s self-fashioning as a linguistic physician
This paper aims to examine the medical metaphors in John Hart’s (c.1501–1574) two major canonical texts (1551, 1569) that sit at the heart of the sixteenth-century movement for spelling reform. In a previously published paper, I argued that Hart’s advocacy for orthographic standardisation and codification (along strict phonetic lines) is built on a series of tightly woven logical arguments with core medical concepts of the Tudor era (i.e. logos, …
Constructing a linguistic commonwealth: John Hart's ideology and rhetoric of spelling reform
Spelling reform in Tudor England: Dialogues, debates and political frames
Drawing on the Tudor orthographers John Hart (c.1501–1574), Thomas Smith (1513–1577) and Richard Mulcaster (c.1531–1611), this paper shows that their linguistic treatises on spelling constitute dialogues that are heavily informed by current political thoughts. It attempts to reveal how the ideas of commonwealth (especially, absolute monarchy and limited monarchy) are employed by the orthographers to frame their envisioning of an ideal spelling sy…
Medical metaphors, body politic and John Hart’s conceptualisation of orthographic reform
Within the context of the mid-sixteenth-century movement of spelling standardisation in England, John Hart (c. 1501–1574) wrote three linguistic texts in English (rather than in Latin), on orthographic reform focused on phonetic principles: one letter only represents one sound, and vice versa. This paper aims to examine how Hart appealed to medical imagery in his discussion of English orthography. First, Tudor concepts of medicine (such as the th…
Politics and linguistic thought: Perspectives and interpretations
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Spelling reform in Tudor England: Dialogues, debates and political frames
Drawing on the Tudor orthographers John Hart (c.1501–1574), Thomas Smith (1513–1577) and Richard Mulcaster (c.1531–1611), this paper shows that their linguistic treatises on spelling constitute dialogues that are heavily informed by current political thoughts. It attempts to reveal how the ideas of commonwealth (especially, absolute monarchy and limited monarchy) are employed by the orthographers to frame their envisioning of an ideal spelling sy…
Medical metaphors, body politic and John Hart’s conceptualisation of orthographic reform
Within the context of the mid-sixteenth-century movement of spelling standardisation in England, John Hart (c. 1501–1574) wrote three linguistic texts in English (rather than in Latin), on orthographic reform focused on phonetic principles: one letter only represents one sound, and vice versa. This paper aims to examine how Hart appealed to medical imagery in his discussion of English orthography. First, Tudor concepts of medicine (such as the th…
Politics and linguistic thought: Perspectives and interpretations
More than cool reason: John Hart’s self-fashioning as a linguistic physician
This paper aims to examine the medical metaphors in John Hart’s (c.1501–1574) two major canonical texts (1551, 1569) that sit at the heart of the sixteenth-century movement for spelling reform. In a previously published paper, I argued that Hart’s advocacy for orthographic standardisation and codification (along strict phonetic lines) is built on a series of tightly woven logical arguments with core medical concepts of the Tudor era (i.e. logos, …
Constructing a linguistic commonwealth: John Hart's ideology and rhetoric of spelling reform
Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Spelling (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 works)