The writing system of scribe Zhou : evidence from late pre-imperial Chinese manuscripts and inscriptions (5th-3rd centuries BCE) /
Park, Haeree, 1976-
The writing system of scribe Zhou : evidence from late pre-imperial Chinese manuscripts and inscriptions (5th-3rd centuries BCE) / Haeree Park. - 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) - Studies in manuscript cultures ; volume 4 . - Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-328) and index.
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Symbols and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Old Chinese phonology -- 3. The Shanghai "Zhouyi" and the Warring States script -- 4. The Chu Script -- 5. The Shanghai "Zhouyi" and the Early Chinese Orthography -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix I: A Lexicon of the Shanghai "Zhouyi" -- Appendix II: Index of Synonymous Significs and Equivalent Phonophorics -- Index of Equivalent Phonophorics -- References
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 circa 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.
English.
9783110459302 3110459302 9783110459319 3110459310 3110449447 9783110449440
10.1515/9783110459302 doi
7572727084750800939 TotalBoox Ebook only www.totalboox.com
Chinese characters--History.
Chinese language--Writing--History.
Chinese characters.
Chinese language--Writing.
Pre-imperial China. bamboo manuscripts. orthography. writing culture.
Electronic books.
History.
PL1171 / .P2835 2016
495.11109014
The writing system of scribe Zhou : evidence from late pre-imperial Chinese manuscripts and inscriptions (5th-3rd centuries BCE) / Haeree Park. - 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) - Studies in manuscript cultures ; volume 4 . - Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-328) and index.
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Symbols and Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Old Chinese phonology -- 3. The Shanghai "Zhouyi" and the Warring States script -- 4. The Chu Script -- 5. The Shanghai "Zhouyi" and the Early Chinese Orthography -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix I: A Lexicon of the Shanghai "Zhouyi" -- Appendix II: Index of Synonymous Significs and Equivalent Phonophorics -- Index of Equivalent Phonophorics -- References
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 circa 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.
English.
9783110459302 3110459302 9783110459319 3110459310 3110449447 9783110449440
10.1515/9783110459302 doi
7572727084750800939 TotalBoox Ebook only www.totalboox.com
Chinese characters--History.
Chinese language--Writing--History.
Chinese characters.
Chinese language--Writing.
Pre-imperial China. bamboo manuscripts. orthography. writing culture.
Electronic books.
History.
PL1171 / .P2835 2016
495.11109014