_圣经_对现代英语的影响

©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.():20021004:(1955),,(,441053):,,,,:;;:H0-05:A:1003-8019(2002)06-0122-04,,,,,16,,1611(AuthorizedVerison),1.,,,(MartinLuther),,,,,(JohnWycliffite)(WilliamTyndale),1611(AuthorizedVerison)(KingJamesI),1604,47,1604,,(KingJamesIAuthorizedVerisonoftheBible)TheNewTestamentinBasicEnghish,1941,1000,NewEnglishBible(1961,1970)2.221©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(EarlyModernEnglish)(TheBookofGenesis),A.Late10thcenturyOldEnglish(1050)[1](P.407)[1:407]eacswylceseon?ddrew?sgeapreTonneealleTaoerenytenuTeGodgewrhteofereorTan.andseon?ddrecw?ptoTamwife.hwiforbeadGodeowT?tgene?tonof?lcontreowebinnanpar2adisum.B.Late14thcenturyMiddleEnglish(TheWycliffiteBible)ButtheserpentwasfellerthanallelyuyngebeestisoferthewhichtheLordGodhaddemaad.WhichserpentseidetothewommanWhycomaundideGodtoouthateschuldennoteteofechtreofparadis.C.EarlyModernEnglish(KingJamesBible,1611)Nowtheserpentwasmoresubtillthenanybeastofthefield,whichtheLordGodhadmade,andhesaidvn2tothewoman,Yea,hathGodsaid,Yeshallnoteatofeuerytreeofthegarden?D.ModernEnglish(NewEnglishBible,1961)TheserpentwasmorecraftythananywildcreaturethattheLORDGodhadmade.Hesaidtothewoman,IsittruethatGodhasforbiddenyoutoeatfromanytreeofthegarden?,,,,:,:%[2](P.308),,,,,1.,:altar(),angel(),apostle(),candle(),creed(),hymn(),shire();,Sabbath(),GoodFriday(),Carnival();,,,,manna(),,,,,manna,Thecross,,,,,::creature;deluge;incarnation;purgatary;sanctuary:;;;;;:;;,;,,321©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.:writingonthewall(),thestillsmallvoice(),attheeleventhhour(),oldAdam(),allthingstoallmen(),tolickthedust(),tobeattheair(),:thereshallnoevilhappentothejust:butthewickedshallbefilledwithmischief.(,)thetipoftruthshallbeestablishedforever:butalyingtongueisbutforamoment.(,;,)Manproposes,butGoddis2poses.(,)Inthemultitudeofwordstherewantethnosin:buthethatrefrainethhislipsiswise.(,),3.700[3](P.17),NoahsArk(),olive-leaf(),boneoftheboneandfleshoftheflesh(,),,,,,,,,:DavidandGoliath(),,,;:amessofpottage(),,Fig-leaf(),,,,TowerofBabel()Babel,(Noah),,,,crossingtheRedSea(),crownofthorne(),whitedsepulchre(),thetreeoflife(),,,,41,,,,,,,(un2likelyevertobesupassed)[4](P.1236):,()[5](P.9):InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavenandtheearhth.Andtheearthwaswithoutformandvoid;anddarknesswasuponthefaceofthedeep.AndtheSpiritofGodmoveduponthefaceofthewaters.AndGodsaid?Lettherebelight:andtherewaslight.AndGodsawthelight,thatitwasgood:andGoddevidedthelightfromthedarkness.AndGodcalledthelightDay,andthedarknesshecalledNight.Andtheeveningandmorningwerethefirstday.(Genesis1:1-5),,,,,,,,,(AlanWarner)[6](P.99)GC(Thornley)[7](P.33):421©1994-2010ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(simplehomely,direct)(Beautiful,strongandpure),,,,,,(Swift)1712(TheBookofcommonPrayerandtheApplicationoftheSacraments),,[8],,,,,,,(EdwardGin2non),(SamuelJohnson),(DanielDe2foe)(ErnestHemingway)[9](P.318),,,,,,:[1]Freeborn,D.FromOldEnglishtoStandardEnglish[M].:,2000.[2]Sinon&SchusterTheBibleDesignedtoBeReadasLivingLifera2fare.NewYork:1936.[3]Warner,AlanAShortGuideofEnglishStyle.London:Ox2ford,1961.[4]Thornley,G.C&Robests,GAnOutlineofEnglishLiterature.HongKong:Longman,1984.[5],1[M].:,1987.[6],[J].,1991,(3).[7]J.B.C.B,1%%[M].,1991.[8]1[M].:,19901[9]AnOntlineofEnglishLiferahirebyG.C.ThornleyandGwynethRobests,LongmanGrowpL.td,HongKong,1984.BiblicalImpactontheDevelopmentofEnglishLanguageLIRu-shou(DepartmentofEnglishLanguage&Literature,XiangfanUniversity,Xiangfan441053)AbstractLanguage,initsdevelopment,hasbeendeeplyingrainedwithtracesofaparticularsociety,reflectingu2niqueculturalheritage.Thispaperattempts,inthisperspective,toexploretheimpactonthedevelopmentofEnglishlan2guagebytheBible,andstatesthatthetranslationoftheBibleintoEnglishhasgreatimpactonthelanguagetransitionfromtheMiddleEnglishtotheModernEnglishanditsdevelopment.KeywordsBible;Englishlanguage;impact521