Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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Volume 76: Issue 3
Two Stories Written in Eastern Turki as Part of the Swedish Missionary Work (Svenska Missionsförbundet) in East Turkistan
Author:
Fatih Erbay Department of Turkic Languages and Literature, University of Iğdır, Iğdır, Turkey

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469–486
Online Publication Date:
21 Aug 2023
Publication Date:
21 Aug 2023
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2023.00331
Keywords:
Eastern Turki; Swedish missionaries; Swedish Mission Press; Kashgar; Religious texts
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Religious texts are written in understandable language due to their instructive and preaching characteristics. Although different methods are used in these texts, the form of ‘narration/storytelling’ is prominent. In this article, two stories, ‘The House of Hasan’ and ‘The Story of the Nightingale,’ which were published in Eastern Turki by Swedish missionaries in the East Turkistan region with the Swedish Mission Press, are evaluated by considering their stylistic features. While these stories were written in Eastern Turki, Arabic and Persian words, which the public often saw in works related to the Islamic religion, were also frequently used. Such linguistic choices are related to the source person’s message to the receiver and the importance of the receiver’s easy understanding of the text.

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