| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 263 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Language, writing and literary culture in the Sinographic cosmopolis ; volume 4 |
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Language, writing and literary culture in the sinographic cosmopolis ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Conventions -- 1 Transcription and Phonology -- 2 Morphology and Syntax -- 3 Grapholinguistics -- 4 Dates -- 5 Primary Sources and Abbreviations -- 1 Grapholinguistic Preliminaries -- 1 Taxonomy of Writing Systems -- 2 Form and Function of Graphs -- 3 Stylistic Diversity in the Japanese Writing System(s): A Diachronic Perspective -- 4 Summary -- 2 Previous Scholarship and Terminological Diversity -- 3 Structure of "hentai kanbun" -- 1 Textual Basis -- 2 Characteristics of Texts Classified as "hentai kanbun." |
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2.1 Morphography, the Methodology of Reconstruction, and Its Limits -- 2.2 Sinography and the Interplay of Form and Function -- 2.3 Non-Sequential Writing -- 2.4 Underspelling -- 2.5 Overspelling -- 3 Identification of Texts as Japanese Writings -- 3.1 Syntactic Differences -- 3.1.1 Preponed Accusatives and Datives -- 3.1.2 Postponed Nominatives -- 3.1.3 Trivalent Verbs -- 3.1.4 Passive and Causative -- 3.1.5 Discontinuous Writing -- 3.2 Semantic Differences -- 3.2.1 Words Not Used in Chinese -- 3.2.1.1 Honorifics -- 3.2.1.2 Abstract Nouns -- 3.2.2 Bound Morphemes without Chinese Equivalent |
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3.2.3 Absence of Certain Chinese Elements -- 3.2.4 Unread Characters -- 3.3 Graphological Differences -- 4 Stylistic Classification -- 5 Motivations behind Primarily Morphographic Writing -- 4 Conclusions and Prospects -- Appendix: Phonograms Used in manabon -- References -- Index of Terms -- Index of Works |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2023) |
| Subject |
Japanese language -- Writing -- History
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Japanese language -- Foreign elements -- Chinese.
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Chinese characters -- Japan.
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Chinese characters
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Japanese language -- Foreign elements -- Chinese
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Japanese language -- Writing
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022021272 |
| ISBN |
9004504931 |
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9789004504936 |
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