The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System: Vol 78 (American Oriental Series)
Language: English
Published by American Oriental Society, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Publisher's red hardback in very good condition: firm and square, strong joints, just mildly rubbed. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks, save a previous owner's name at the endpaper. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Author's compliments slip loosely inserted. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.
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- Title
- The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System: Vol 78 (American Oriental Series)
- Author
- Boltz, William
- Publisher
- American Oriental Society
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0940490781
- ISBN 13
- 9780940490789
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 26 ounces
- Dimensions
- 8x1x11
- Seller catalogs
- Language & Linguistics
This work sketches with extraordinary precision the history of the Chinese writing system from the late Shang (ca. 1200 B.C.) when Chinese characters are first in evidence down to the script’s standardization and codification a millennium later in the Ch’in and Han (221 B.C.–A.D. 220). Prof. Boltz takes in part a comparative approach to the origin and early structure and development of Chinese writing, suggesting that in its general principles the process was matched pari passu by the way writing first arose in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and among the Mayas (for example, that the Chinese script records the sounds of words, not ideas). The author also examines the question of why the Chinese script never became alphabetic, in spite of hints of such tendencies in the third and second centuries B.C.
Kidder Smith, of Bowdoin College, said of the original publication: “... this book will be highly valued by anyone concerned with the relationships of language to writing, and should become the point of reference for all discussions of these questions as they pertain to ancient Chinese” (Religious Studies Review Vol. 21, No. 4, October 1995).
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