Japanese Morphography

Deconstructing hentai kanbun

AvGordian Schreiber

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del 4 i serien Language, Writing and Literary Culture in the Sinographic Cosmopolis

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-01-05
Mått:155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:597 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Language, Writing and Literary Culture in the Sinographic Cosmopolis
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004503892

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Gordian Schreiber is a postdoctoral researcher at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. He has published articles on the history of writing in Japan and writing system typology. The present book is based on his dissertation on Japanese morphography.