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1 online resource (383 pages) |
| Series |
Language, Writing and Literary Culture in the Sinographic Cosmopolis Ser |
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Language, Writing and Literary Culture in the Sinographic Cosmopolis Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Figures and Tables; Chapter 1; Introduction; 1.1 Scope and Purpose; 1.2 Definition of Writing and Typology of Writing Systems; 1.3 Literary Sinitic, the Sinographosphere, and Sino-xenic Vocabulary and Pronunciations; 1.4 Chinese Script Forms; 1.5 Basic Techniques of Adaptation; 1.6 Linguistic Affiliations and Linguistic Typology; 1.7 Previous Scholarship; 1.8 Plan of this Study; 1.9 Notation; Chapter 2; Chinese Writing; 2.1 Chinese Historical Linguistic Typology; 2.2 The Development of the Chinese Writing System; 2.3 Stability of the Mainstream Writing System |
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2.4 Middle Chinese and Sino-xenic Character Readings2.5 Ongoing Development of the Chinese Writing System for Colloquial and Dialectal Writing; 2.6 Summary and Implications for Script Borrowing; Chapter 3; Korean; 3.1 Introduction of Chinese Writing to Korea and Related History; 3.2 Korean Historical Linguistic Typology; 3.3 Sino-Korean; 3.4 Glossing Traditions and the Development of Vernacular Writing; 3.5 Structure and Function of Vernacular Writing; 3.6 Korean Sinography: Classification of Methods; 3.7 Later Script Developments; 3.8 Analysis; 3.9 Appendix to Chapter 3; Chapter 4 |
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Vietnamese4.1 Introduction of Chinese Writing to Vietnam and Related History; 4.2 Vietnamese Historical Linguistic Typology; 4.3 Sino-Vietnamese; 4.4 Glossing Traditions and the Development of Vernacular Writing; 4.5 Structure and Function of Chữ Nôm; 4.6 Vietnamese Sinography: Classification of Methods; 4.7 Later Script Developments; 4.8 Analysis; Chapter 5; Japanese; 5.1 Introduction of Chinese Writing to Japan and Related History; 5.2 Japanese Historical Linguistic Typology; 5.3 Sino-Japanese; 5.4 Glossing Traditions and the Development of Vernacular Writing |
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5.5 Structure and Function of Vernacular Writing5.6 Japanese Sinography: Classification of Methods; 5.7 Later Script Developments; 5.8 Analysis; 5.9 Appendix to Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Comparative Analysis; 6.1 Preliminary Conclusions; 6.2 Predictions; Chapter 7; Other Languages: Zhuang, Khitan, Jurchen; 7.1 Zhuang; 7.2 Introduction of Chinese Writing to the Zhuang and Related History; 7.3 Zhuang Linguistic Typology; 7.4 Sino-Zhuang; 7.5 Glossing Traditions and the Development of Vernacular Writing; 7.6 Zhuang Sinography: Classification of Methods |
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7.7 Significance of Regional Variation Patterns7.8 Analysis and Implications for the Isolating Model; 7.9 Khitan and Jurchen; 7.10 Khitan and Jurchen Linguistic Typology; 7.11 History of the Khitan and Jurchen Scripts; 7.12 Structure and Function of the Scripts; Methods of Adaptation and Innovation; 7.13 Analysis and Implications for the Agglutinating Model; 7.14 Conclusion: Revising the Model; Chapter 8; Beyond the Sinographosphere: Sumerian and Akkadian; 8.1 Sumerian and Akkadian: an Imperfect Parallel to Sinographic Writing; 8.2 Sumerian and Akkadian Linguistic Typology |
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8.3 Sumerian Cuneiform |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Chinese characters.
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Chinese language -- Influence on foreign languages
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Chinese characters.
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Chinese language -- Influence on foreign languages.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004352223 |
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9004352228 |
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