Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Agony and bliss -- 2. Cryptograms vs. pictograms -- 3. The Great Wall of China and other exotic fables -- 4. Dave Barry vs. the intellectuals -- 5. How would a magician memorize Chinese characters? -- 6. Lord Chesterfield and the Mandarins -- 7. Where do hunches come from? -- 8. In the basement under the Chinese Room -- 9. Converging strands: can ''ideogram'' be salvaged? -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
Summary |
In this latest book, J. Marshall Unger exposes the historical, scientific, cultural, and practical flaws accompanying the widespread belief that Chinese characters embody pure, language-less meaning. Whether one is interested in Chinese characters from the standpoint of language, literature, semiotics, psychology, history, cultural studies, or computers, Ideogram contains new ideas and insights that are sure to challenge preconceptions and provoke thought |
Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018) |
Subject |
Chinese characters.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
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Chinese characters.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0824845684 |
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9780824845681 |
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