Japanese morphography: deconstructing hentai kanbun

"How is it possible to write down the Japanese language exclusively in Chinese characters? And how are we then able to determine the language behind the veil of the Chinese script as Japanese? The history of writing in Japan presents us with a fascinating variety of writing styles ranging from...

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Main Author: Schreiber, Gordian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2022]
Series:Language, writing and literary culture in the Sinographic cosmopolis volume 4
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Summary:"How is it possible to write down the Japanese language exclusively in Chinese characters? And how are we then able to determine the language behind the veil of the Chinese script as Japanese? The history of writing in Japan presents us with a fascinating variety of writing styles ranging from phonography to morphography and all shades in between. In Japanese Morphography: Deconstructing hentai kanbun, Gordian Schreiber shows that texts traditionally labelled as "hentai kanbun" or "variant Chinese" are, in fact, morphographically written Japanese texts instead and not just the result of an underdeveloped skill in Chinese. The study fosters our understanding of writing system typology beyond phonographic writing"--
Physical Description:XVIII, 263 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9789004503892

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