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Article: Linnaeus and Chinese plants: A test of the linguistic imperialism thesis
Title | Linnaeus and Chinese plants: A test of the linguistic imperialism thesis |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Ginseng Hortus Malabaricus Joseph Needham Linnaeus Osbeck Tea |
Issue Date | 2010 |
Publisher | The Royal Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/index.cfm?page=1083# |
Citation | Notes And Records Of The Royal Society, 2010, v. 64 n. 2, p. 121-138 How to Cite? |
Abstract | It has been alleged that Carolus Linnaeus practised Eurocentrism, sexism and racism in naming plant genera after famous botanists, and excluding 'barbarous names'. He has therefore been said to practise 'linguistic imperialism'. This paper examines whether Linnaeus applied 'linguistic imperialism' to the naming of Chinese plants. On the basis of examples such as Thea (1/4Camellia), Urena, Basella, Annona, Sapindus (1/4Koelreuteria), and Panax, I conclude that Linnaeus used generic names of diverse origins. However, he misidentified Chinese plants' habitats, and acted on these misapprehensions. © 2009 The Royal Society. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/90309 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.133 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Cook, A | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T10:08:30Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T10:08:30Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Notes And Records Of The Royal Society, 2010, v. 64 n. 2, p. 121-138 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-9149 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/90309 | - |
dc.description.abstract | It has been alleged that Carolus Linnaeus practised Eurocentrism, sexism and racism in naming plant genera after famous botanists, and excluding 'barbarous names'. He has therefore been said to practise 'linguistic imperialism'. This paper examines whether Linnaeus applied 'linguistic imperialism' to the naming of Chinese plants. On the basis of examples such as Thea (1/4Camellia), Urena, Basella, Annona, Sapindus (1/4Koelreuteria), and Panax, I conclude that Linnaeus used generic names of diverse origins. However, he misidentified Chinese plants' habitats, and acted on these misapprehensions. © 2009 The Royal Society. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | The Royal Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/index.cfm?page=1083# | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Notes and Records of the Royal Society | en_HK |
dc.subject | Ginseng | en_HK |
dc.subject | Hortus Malabaricus | en_HK |
dc.subject | Joseph Needham | en_HK |
dc.subject | Linnaeus | en_HK |
dc.subject | Osbeck | en_HK |
dc.subject | Tea | en_HK |
dc.title | Linnaeus and Chinese plants: A test of the linguistic imperialism thesis | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0035-9149&volume=64&spage=121&epage=38&date=2009&atitle=Linnaeus+and+Chinese+plants:+a+test+of+the+linguistic+imperialism+thesis | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Cook, A: cookga@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Cook, A=rp01219 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rsnr.2009.0051 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-77952967121 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 163576 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952967121&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 64 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 121 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 138 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1743-0178 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000277392500003 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Cook, A=16066639200 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 7157000 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0035-9149 | - |