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<p>The Lotus Sutra, an important Buddhist classic, is strongly rhetorical with its frequently used binomials (word pairs). This paper studies its two most recent English translations by Watson (1993) and Reeves (2008), the second chapter in particular, and conducts comparative research into the formal, etymological, semantic, sequential and other distinct properties of the binomials and multinomials employed by different translators.</p>
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The Lotus Sutra, an important Buddhist classic, is strongly rhetorical with its frequently used binomials (word pairs). This paper studies its two most recent English translations by Watson (1993) and Reeves (2008), the second chapter in particular, and conducts comparative research into the formal, etymological, semantic, sequential and other distinct properties of the binomials and multinomials employed by different translators.

The Binomials and Multinomials in two English Translations of the <italic>Lotus Sutra</italic> (Chapter Two)

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The Binomials and Multinomials in two English Translations of the  (Chapter Two)

The Lotus Sutra, an important Buddhist classic, is strongly rhetorical with its frequently used binomials (word pairs). This paper studies its two most recent...

The Binomials and Multinomials in two English Translations of the Lotus Sutra (Chapter Two)

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Dez. 2021

Seitenbereich: 180 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0018

Schlüsselwörter
Binomials, Buddhism, English translation, Lotus Sutra, Multinomials

© 2021 Qian Zhao, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Binomials and Multinomials in two English Translations of the Lotus Sutra (Chapter Two)

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Dez. 2021

Seitenbereich: 180 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0018

SchlüsselwörterBinomials, Buddhism, English translation, Lotus Sutra, Multinomials

© 2021 Qian Zhao, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Binomials, Buddhism, English translation, Lotus Sutra, Multinomials