Format:
xii, 205 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Edition:
Pbk. ed.
ISBN:
0940490188
Series Statement:
American oriental series 78
Note:
"First published in 1994. This paperback edition published 2003, with minor corrections and a new preface"--T.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index
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Reviews: F. Bottéro, JAOS 116 [1996] 3: 574-77; J. Packard, Language : journal of the Linguistic Soc. of America. 72 [1996] 4: 801-804; C. Cook, BSOAS 59 [1996] 2: 403-405; Ulrich Lau, "Altchinesische Schrift," Monumenta Serica 44 [1996] 405-413)
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Inhalt: Figures -- Preface -- Prolegomena: 1. Introduction; Ch. 1. Writing in General: Definition of Writing; Forerunners of Writing -- Pt. 1. The Shang Formation: Ch. 2. Writing in Chinese: Pictographic Origins; Logographs and Zodiographs; Graphic Multivalence; Determinatives -- Ch. 3. The Multivalence of Graphs: Egyptian; Sumerian; Chinese -- Pt. 2. The Chin-Han Reformation: Ch. 4. Early Legend and Classical Tradition: Early Legend; Wen and Tzu; The Liu shu and the Shuo wen chieh tzu -- Ch. 5. The Impact of the Chinese World-View: Orthographic Standardization; Graphic Variation; Why the Chinese Script Did Not Evolve into an Alphabet -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Chinese Characters -- Index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Chinesische Schrift
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Geschichte 1200 v. Chr.-100
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