Chinese Characters across Asia (Paperback)

Zev Handel

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2025

0295753021 / 9780295753027

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Paperback. A fascinating story of writing across cultures and timeWhile other ancient nonalphabetic scriptsSumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mayan hieroglyphsare long extinct, Chinese characters, invented over three thousand years ago, are today used by well over a billion people to write Chinese and Japanese. In medieval East Asia, the written Classical Chinese language knit the region together in a common intellectual enterprise that encompassed religion, philosophy, historiography, political theory, art, and literature. Literacy in Classical Chinese set the stage for the adaptation of Chinese characters into ways of writing non-Chinese languages like Vietnamese and Korean, which differ dramatically from Chinese in vocabularies and grammatical structures.Because of its unique status in the modern world, myths and misunderstandings about Chinese characters abound. Where does this writing system, so different in form and function from alphabetic writing, come from? How does it really work? How did it come to be used to write non-Chinese languages? And why has it proven so resilient? By exploring the spread and adaptation of the script across two millennia and thousands of miles, Chinese Characters across Asia addresses these questions and provides insights into human cognition and culture. Written in an approachable style and meant for readers with no prior knowledge of Chinese script or Asian languages, it presents a fascinating story that challenges assumptions about speech and writing. A fascinating story of writing across cultures and timeWhile other ancient nonalphabetic scriptsSumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mayan hieroglyphsare long extinct, Chinese characters, invented over three thousand years ago, are today used by well over a billion people to write Chinese and Japanese. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Chinese Characters across Asia (Paperback)
Autore
Zev Handel
Editore
University of Washington Press, Seattle
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0295753021
ISBN 13
9780295753027

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