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PART I LINGUISTIC PRELIMINARIES |
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Chapter 1 Foundational concepts |
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2 | (4) |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 What is writing? |
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The definition of writing |
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Visual representations of non-languages are not writing |
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7 | (1) |
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Writing is secondary to speech |
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Chapter 3 What kinds of writing systems are there? |
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12 | (5) |
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Classification of writing systems |
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12 | (3) |
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The linguistic universal of writing systems |
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15 | (2) |
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Chapter 4 Pinyin tutorial |
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17 | (12) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (6) |
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29 | (34) |
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Chapter 5 The Chinese speech |
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30 | (10) |
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Chinese languages and dialects |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (8) |
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Chapter 6 Written Chinese |
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40 | (5) |
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Classical Chinese as a written standard |
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40 | (2) |
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The impact of Classical Chinese on Modern Standard Chinese |
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42 | (3) |
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Chapter 7 The Chinese writing system |
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45 | (11) |
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Nature of the Chinese script |
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45 | (1) |
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Formation of Chinese characters |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (1) |
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Structure of the Chinese writing system |
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51 | (5) |
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Chapter 8 Demythifying the Chinese script |
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56 | (7) |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (4) |
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PART III BORROWING THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM |
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Chapter 9 Chinese characters in Asia: An overview |
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64 | (13) |
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From shared borders to common vocabularies |
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64 | (4) |
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68 | (1) |
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General borrowing strategies |
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69 | (8) |
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Chapter 10 Writing Korean |
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77 | (10) |
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78 | (1) |
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Hyangchal `vernacular letters' |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (6) |
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Chapter 11 Writing Japanese |
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87 | (14) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (4) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (4) |
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Chapter 12 Writing Vietnamese |
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101 | (10) |
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ChO' nlw `Confucian script' |
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101 | (1) |
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ChO' ndm `southern script' |
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102 | (3) |
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Qudc ngii' `national script' |
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105 | (6) |
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PART IV REFORMING THE CHINESE SCRIPT |
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111 | (46) |
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Chapter 13 Phonetic writing before pinyin |
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112 | (15) |
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Early attempts at Romanization (1580s-1620s) |
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112 | (3) |
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Later proposals of phonetic scripts (1890s---1930s) |
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115 | (12) |
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127 | (9) |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (5) |
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Chapter 15 Simplification of Chinese characters |
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136 | (13) |
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Early attempts at simplification (1900-1950s) |
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136 | (3) |
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Script simplification by the PRC (1950s---1980s) |
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139 | (7) |
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146 | (3) |
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Chapter 16 Writing and technology in modern China |
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149 | (8) |
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149 | (3) |
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152 | (5) |
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PART V IDENTITY AND GENDER IN WRITING CHINESE |
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157 | (30) |
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Chapter 17 Handwriting and personhood |
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158 | (5) |
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Handwriting and moral character |
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158 | (2) |
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Handwriting and personality traits |
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160 | (1) |
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Parallels between calligraphy techniques and moral preferences |
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161 | (2) |
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Chapter 18 Sexism in the Chinese writing system |
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The status of women in China |
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163 | (3) |
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Sexism in Chinese characters |
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166 | (3) |
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Chapter 19 Nushu: Women's script |
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169 | (10) |
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169 | (2) |
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What does Nushu look like? |
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What kind of writing system is nushu? |
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173 | (1) |
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What is Nushu used to write and why? |
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174 | (5) |
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Chapter 20 Script choice in writing Japanese |
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179 | (8) |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (6) |
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PART VI CHINESE CHARACTERS IN ART AND LITERATURE |
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187 | (46) |
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Chapter 21 Chinese calligraphy |
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188 | (12) |
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The Chinese script as foundation for calligraphy |
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188 | (1) |
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Calligraphic evolution of the Chinese script |
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189 | (11) |
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Chapter 22 A calligraphy workshop |
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200 | (12) |
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200 | (3) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (4) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (2) |
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Chapter 23 Modern calligraphy in China |
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212 | (7) |
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212 | (2) |
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The Modernists and their works |
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214 | (5) |
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Chapter 24 Chinese characters in Avant-garde art |
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219 | (7) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (6) |
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Chapter 25 Chinese characters and Western Modernist poetry |
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226 | (7) |
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Imagism and Modernist poetry in the English language |
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226 | (1) |
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Chinese characters and Imagist poetry |
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227 | (6) |
| References |
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233 | (5) |
| Index |
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