The politics of language in Chinese education, 1895-1919 / by Elisabeth Kaske.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaske, Elisabeth.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia 0169-9563 ; v. 82.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and education--China.

Language and education.

Language and languages--Political aspects.

Language and languages.

China.

Physical Description:

xx, 537 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Politics of Language in China and the West (the 19th Century) 1

Language as a Global Discourse 2

Language, Literacy and Linguistics in 19th Century China 27

Foreigners and the Chinese Language 55

Conclusion 75

Chapter 2 The Language Question at the Turn of the 20th Century 77

Educational Reforms during the Wuxu Era 77

The “Congruency of Speech and Writing” and the Quest for Broader Education 90

The Second Generation of Script Reformers: From Literacy Education to Language Unification 132

Conclusion 149

Appendix to Chapter Two: Phonographic Writing Schemes during the Qing Dynasty 152

Chapter 3 The Revolutionary Movement and Vernacular Journalism 161

Vernacular Periodicals in the Revolutionary Movement 162

Baihua: Attitudes, the Language, and the Readers 201

Conclusion 223

Appendix to Chapter Three 226

Chapter 4 The Struggle for Legitimate Language in the Qing Educational System 233

Confucianism and the School Regulations of 1904 235

Language Policy in the School Regulations of 1904 250

The Struggles for Educational Reforms and the Beginning of a New Language Policy 273

Textbooks, Business and Government Control over Language 294

Conclusion 315

Appendix to Chapter Four 317

Chapter 5 Philology, National Essence, and the Emergence of a Nationalist Language Policy 323

Recovering Discoursive Hegemony: The National Essence Group 325

The Continuity of the Chinese Language: Constructing the Nation through Philology 348

Denning the Norms: The Emergence of a Nationalist Language Policy 366

Conclusion 386

Chapter 6 From Political Revolution to Literary Revolution 391

Education, Language and Politics during the Presidency of Yuan Shikai 392

The Literary Revolution 420

Conclusion 457

Appendix to Chapter Six 459.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [475]-507) and index.

ISBN:

9004163670

9789004163676

OCLC:

171268385