Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard

This article identifies the principal myths and misconceptions surrounding the Chinese language and, by means of discourse analysis, shows how they have been expressed and become entrenched in the academic world, both in China and in the West, despite the evidence which undermines the premises on wh...

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Autores: Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070, Rovira-Esteva, Sara|||0000-0001-7647-6417
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Chinese language
Orientalism
Western views of the Chinese language
Knowledge production and reproduction
Westernisation
East Asian studies
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spelling Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standardCasas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070Rovira-Esteva, Sara|||0000-0001-7647-6417Chinese languageOrientalismWestern views of the Chinese languageKnowledge production and reproductionWesternisationEast Asian studiesThis article identifies the principal myths and misconceptions surrounding the Chinese language and, by means of discourse analysis, shows how they have been expressed and become entrenched in the academic world, both in China and in the West, despite the evidence which undermines the premises on which these myths are founded. We also show how these views originated from applying a Western linguistic model to descriptions and reforms of the Chinese language, thus, reinforcing the orientalist discourse on Chinese that still persists and has permeated the Chinese language teaching. We tackle these issues from a Spanish perspective at a time when the country is experiencing important educational changes at three levels. First, there is an increase in courses on Chinese Studies.Second, European university curricula are undergoing a process of homogenisation. And, third, a new policy to standardise language learning, teaching and assessment at all stages of education is being implemented all over Europe. We are concerned about this policy because the model designed for European languages is also being applied to non-European languages. We believe that this new context is an ideal occasion to question existing discourses and bring forth new approaches towards the production and reproduction of knowledge related to the Chinese language. 22009-01-0120092009-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/113590https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/17447140902741296reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Educación y Ciencia HUM2005-08151open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1135902026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard
title Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard
spellingShingle Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard
Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
Chinese language
Orientalism
Western views of the Chinese language
Knowledge production and reproduction
Westernisation
East Asian studies
title_short Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard
title_full Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard
title_fullStr Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard
title_full_unstemmed Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard
title_sort Orientalism and occidentalism : two forces behind the image of the Chinese language and construction of the modern standard
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Casas-Tost, Helena|||0000-0002-4023-9070
Rovira-Esteva, Sara|||0000-0001-7647-6417
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Rovira-Esteva, Sara|||0000-0001-7647-6417
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Chinese language
Orientalism
Western views of the Chinese language
Knowledge production and reproduction
Westernisation
East Asian studies
topic Chinese language
Orientalism
Western views of the Chinese language
Knowledge production and reproduction
Westernisation
East Asian studies
description This article identifies the principal myths and misconceptions surrounding the Chinese language and, by means of discourse analysis, shows how they have been expressed and become entrenched in the academic world, both in China and in the West, despite the evidence which undermines the premises on which these myths are founded. We also show how these views originated from applying a Western linguistic model to descriptions and reforms of the Chinese language, thus, reinforcing the orientalist discourse on Chinese that still persists and has permeated the Chinese language teaching. We tackle these issues from a Spanish perspective at a time when the country is experiencing important educational changes at three levels. First, there is an increase in courses on Chinese Studies.Second, European university curricula are undergoing a process of homogenisation. And, third, a new policy to standardise language learning, teaching and assessment at all stages of education is being implemented all over Europe. We are concerned about this policy because the model designed for European languages is also being applied to non-European languages. We believe that this new context is an ideal occasion to question existing discourses and bring forth new approaches towards the production and reproduction of knowledge related to the Chinese language.
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