The authors consider new views of the classical versus vernacular dichotomy that are especially central to the new historiography of China and East Asian languages. Based on recent debates initiated by Sheldon Pollock’s findings for South Asia, we examine alternative frameworks for understanding Eas...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Elman, Benjamin A. 1946- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Leiden ; Boston Brill [2015]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1000-1919 Schriftsprache Umgangssprache Südostasien Ostasien Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	The authors consider new views of the classical versus vernacular dichotomy that are especially central to the new historiography of China and East Asian languages. Based on recent debates initiated by Sheldon Pollock’s findings for South Asia, we examine alternative frameworks for understanding East Asian languages between 1000 and 1919. Using new sources, making new connections, and re-examining old assumptions, we have asked whether and why East and SE Asian languages (e.g., Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian, Jurchen, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese) should be analysed in light of a Eurocentric dichotomy of Latin versus vernaculars. This discussion has encouraged us to explore whether European modernity is an appropriate standard at all for East Asia. Individually and collectively, we have sought to establish linkages between societies without making a priori assumptions about the countries’ internal structures or the genealogy of their connections
Beschreibung:	This paperback was originally published in hardback as volume 115 in the series Sinica Leidensia
Beschreibung:	IX, 324 Seiten
ISBN:	9789004305953 9004305955