Title: Corresponding Understandings of "the Living Word"
Abstract: In his masterpiece Philosophy of Grammar Jespersen quoted another name of verb called by Chinese grammarians and translated it into English as living word.This paper examines several translations of living word based on the standards of term translation,the relevant history and development of Chinese grammar as well as traditional Chinese poems,and concludes that huozi(活字) is the more appropriate corresponding understanding and translation of living word.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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