The emergence of the modern Sino-Japanese lexicon : seven studies /

The emergence of the modern Sino-Japanese lexicon : seven studies / edited and translated by Joshua A. Fogel. - 1 online resource (ix, 216 pages) - East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture ; 7 . - East Asian comparative literature and culture ; v. 7. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series Editors' Foreword; Introduction: Seven Japanese Studies on the Modern Sino-Japanese Lexicon; Chapter 1 The Creation of the Term Kojin (Individual); Chapter 2 Religion (shūkyō) and Freedom (jiyū); Chapter 3 The Formation of the Term Shakai (Society); Chapter 4 Liberty-Freedom: Yanagita Kunio's Resistance; Chapter 5 The Concept of "Rights"; Chapter 6 Terminology Surrounding the "Tripartite Separation of Powers"; Chapter 7 Dreams of "Science" and "Truth"; Index.

The seven essays that comprise this volume address the actual processes by which a discreet number of terms in modern Chinese and Japanese came into being, how they outdistanced all competitors, and the persons and texts involved in the process.

9789004290525 (electronic bk.) 9004290524 (electronic bk.) (hardcover alkaline paper) (hardcover alkaline paper)

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Japanese language--Influence on Chinese.
Chinese language--Influence on Japanese.
Japanese language--Foreign elements--Chinese.
Chinese language--Foreign elements--Japanese.
Chinese language--Foreign words and phrases.
Japanese--Foreign words and phrases.
Chinese language--New words.
Japanese language--New words.
Japonais--Emprunts.
Chinois (Langue)--Néologismes.
Japonais (Langue)--Néologismes.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Southeast Asian Languages.
Chinese language--Foreign words and phrases.
Chinese language--Influence on Japanese.
Chinese language--New words.
Japanese language--Foreign elements--Chinese.
Japanese language--New words.


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