Protestant Bible Translation and Mandarin as the National Language of China

Bibliographic Data

ID19902890
AuthorsGeorge Kam Wah Mak (0000-0003-3081-1026, corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-03-06
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueProtestant Bible Translation and Mandarin as the National Language of China (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004316300
OpenAlexW2607668300
ISBN9789004316300
LanguageEN
Citations received14

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 Drawing on both published and unpublished sources, this book looks into the translation, publication, circulation and use of the Mandarin Bible in late Qing and Republican China, and sets out how the Mandarin Bible contributed to the standardization and enrichment of Mandarin. It also illustrates that the Mandarin Union Version, published in 1919, was involved in promoting Mandarin as not only the standard medium of communication but also a marker of national identity among the Chinese people, thus playing a role in the nation-building of modern China

China · Lingua franca · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · National language · Political science · Protestantism · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy

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