Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Writing System of Scribe ZhouCondition: NewSubtitle: Evidence from Late Pre-imperial Chinese Manuscripts and Inscriptions (5th-3rd Centuries BCE)ISBN-10: 3110449447EAN: 9783110449440ISBN: 9783110449440Publisher: De GruyterFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/22/2016Description: This book investigates the nature of regional variation in the early Chinese writing system through bamboo manuscripts and inscriptions dating from the late pre-imperial China (5th-3rd centuries BCE). Diachronic and synchronic comparisons of graphic details show that none of the well-recognized regional varieties developed independently from one another. Furthermore, differences in graphic components can be accounted for as alternations of graphs that are compatible in their semantic or phonetic values. The phonological systems underlying various regional orthographies unanimously point to a single coherent sound system with some mixture of dialect pronunciations. This strongly suggests that all the late pre-imperial regional scripts derived from a kind of orthographic meta-system based on one spoken standard language. This orthography and its phonological systems should reasonably be dated to ca. 9th century BCE, just about the time when the earliest known Chinese lexicography "Book of Scribe Zhou" (ca. 830 BCE) was written. The conclusions of this book have further implications on reading and understanding manuscript texts in general as well as on using them as data for linguistic studies.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: DEItem Height: 230mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 626gAuthor: Haeree ParkGenre: Literary CriticismTopic: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Studies in Manuscript CulturesRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Writing System of Scribe Zhou
Title: The Writing System of Scribe Zhou
Subtitle: Evidence from Late Pre-imperial Chinese Manuscripts and Inscripti
ISBN-10: 3110449447
EAN: 9783110449440
ISBN: 9783110449440
Release Date: 02/22/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: DE
Item Height: 230mm
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 342 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Writing System of Scribe Zhou : Evidence from Late Pre-Imperial Chinese Manuscripts and Inscriptions (5th-3rd Centuries BCE)
Publisher: DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
Subject: Asian / General, Chinese, Linguistics / General
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Language Course
Item Weight: 22.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Haeree Park
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Studies in Manuscript Cultures Ser.
Format: Hardcover
