Author(s)

Ye Leilei ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China

Corresponding Author

Ye Leilei

ABSTRACT

Born in a Jewish merchant family, Stanislas Hernisz combined the roles of diplomat, physician and scholar in nineteenth-century America. As a member of the American Oriental Society, he embarked on his Chinese-language studies during the diplomatic mission to China. His initial self-study of the Chinese language laid a foundation for his later research and publication. In 1854, he compiled a bilingual English-Chinese textbook for the targeted learners, the Americans who had trade relations with the Chinese, as well as the Chinese migrants, especially the gold miners in California. Retrospectively, departing from the classical and esoteric scholarly tradition, Hernisz's studies still hold a certain measure of contemporary significance despite limitations.

KEYWORDS

Stanislas Hernisz; Chinese-language studies; Bilingual textbook

CITE THIS PAPER

Ye Leilei. Nascent Pursuits of Chinese-Language Studies in Nineteenth-Century America: Stanislas Hernisz's Practices in Language Learning and Bilingual Textbook Compilation. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2026). Vol. 9, No. 2, 15-20. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2026.090203.

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