Research On The Language Of The Open Telegram In The Early Republic Of China

A special literary style under Kuomintang's administration, The Open Telegram is not only an electronic document used for delving the government's decrees, but also an news for uncovering and protesting some notorious issues protesting among different parties along with being the function as the role of media vechicle most quickly conveying information in large scale at that time. Combining some many functions boasts special language forms mainly consisting of Classic Chinese, formed by parallel prose, The Open Telegram is a entity integrating politics, news, literariness. Meanwhile in the early Kuomintang's administration of language reform period, parallel prose electronic form had the strong will to survive. Till the new China founded, The Open Telegram disappeared but Classic Chinese still passed on. So this article will utilize the theories of Pragmatics, Historical Linguistics, Communicology, Culture Science, etc to return to the originial spot to familize with the special form and applied significance of Classic Chinese at that time in The Open Telegram by means of parallel prose survivial situation. From the birth of language to develpe and to reform till vanish, this article will analyze if Classic Chinese still has applied value in the Modern Chinese, if Classic Chinese can be regarded as the Mummy placed in museum, thus providing some suggestions on Modern Chinese's applied sitution as well as inspiration for Modern Chinese's configuration and development.Part.1 Introduction.There is rare research regarding The Open Telegram. The only academic thesis about The Open Telegram just regard it as document, it just explicates its stylistic features and hardly specify the detailed language analysis. Meanwhile the theis has few pages yet to develop further. And some other articles related with The Open Telegram are aimed at emphasizing people or historical setting not the The Open Telegram in itself, therefore not belonging to academic thesis. So this article will take The Open Telegram language research in early Republic of China as the academic subject, from the synchronic and diachronic views to fully research The Open Telegram's language features and its process to reform, exerting the creative and positive influence on History of Journalism , Communication History , History of Chinese Language as well as applied linguistic, etc.Part.2 The summary of The Open Telegram in early period of Republic of China. This article analyze and introduce The Open Telegram in a full scale. Firstly, analyze The Open Telegram's historical setting. Then China was under cultural transformation, social unstability and the period of learning the West, which has created an ear for The Open Telegram. Secondly, usher The Open Telegram's conception, types to further articulate. Finally, narrate The Open Telegram's political, news as well as literal features in detail.Part.3. The Open Telegram's language applied issue in early period of Republic of China.This article further analyze The Open Telegram's language form and feature in details and contrast it with other language patterns, argue the special effect about Classic Chinese especially parallel prose's applied function in The Open Telegram, then analyze The Open Telegram's form reason from the views of audience acceptance mechanism in communicology as well as language use in pragmatics, contend the impact on its reform from cultural and political factors. Finally argue the language application's prons and cons in terms of The Open Telegram in early Republic of China, for example, the positive effect on using Classic Chinese and the retrospection on language application from the vicissitudes of The Open Telegram in early period of Republic of China.Part.4 Epilogue.There were many political factors and purposes in Wu Si vernacular language campagin in early period of Republic of China, leading the political identity on Classic Chinese and vernacular language. So accepted Classic Chinese The Open Telegram languge suffered the reform stress, parallel prose electornic form waned with the campain's further development. But our traditional language still boasting some strengths and space to develop benefited from The Open Telegram's style still yet to vanish, even there is a slogan for resuscitating Classic Chinese in our Modern Chinese circle. As for current chinses application issue, we should not inherit the extreme attitude but combine the traditional and currnet styles, establish the objective and accurate language values, and complete an Modern Chinese application system which should take effect and keep peace with the world.