Beyond Sinology Chinese Writing And The Scripts Of Culture

This title looks at the history and usage of Chinese script to pinpoint the multiple connections that exist between languages, scripts, medial expressions, and cultural and national identities. It shows how new communication and information technologies provide distinct challenges and possibilities for Chinese script, which, unlike alphabetic or other phonetic scripts, relies on multiple signifying principles.

Year

2014

Language

English

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Editions

1

Pages

282

ISBN

9780231164528

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