Japanese Morphography

Name: Japanese Morphography
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ISBN: 9789004503892

Deconstructing hentai kanbun

Gordian Schreiber

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Brill
05 January 2023

Historical & comparative linguistics; Palaeography (history of writing)

Series: Language, Writing and Literary Culture in the Sinographic Cosmopolis

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.

By: Gordian Schreiber
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 597g
ISBN: 9789004503892
ISBN 10: 9004503897
Series: Language, Writing and Literary Culture in the Sinographic Cosmopolis
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 05 January 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.