The Chinese Writing System in Asia

An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Yu Li

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Routledge
14 November 2019

Language: reference & general; Writing systems, alphabets; Society & culture: general

The Chinese Writing System in Asia: An Interdisciplinary Perspective integrates a diverse range of disciplinary approaches in examining how the Chinese script represents and actively shapes personal and social identities in and beyond Asia. It is an ideal read for students and scholars interested in a broad and culturally rich introduction to research on the Chinese writing system. It can also serve as the main text of an undergraduate course on the subject.

Key features of this volume include:

Insights from studies of the Chinese writing system in linguistics, script reform and technology, gender, identity, literature, and the visual arts;

Examples embedded in inquiries of the cultural history and contemporary society of Asia;

Rigorous yet accessible discussions of complex concepts and phenomena that assume no prior knowledge of Asian languages or linguistics;

Supplementary multimedia materials and resources, including instructional support, available online.

By: Yu Li
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm,
Weight: 502g
ISBN: 9781138907324
ISBN 10: 1138907324
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 14 November 2019
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I Linguistic Preliminaries Chapter 1 Foundational concepts Chapter 2 What is writing? Chapter 3 What kinds of writing systems are there? Chapter 4 Pīnyīn tutorial Part II Writing Chinese Chapter 5 The Chinese speech Chapter 6 Written Chinese Chapter 7 The Chinese writing system Chapter 8 Demythifying the Chinese script Part III Borrowing the Chinese writing system Chapter 9 Chinese characters in Asia: An overview Chapter 10 Writing Korean Chapter 11 Writing Japanese Chapter 12 Writing Vietnamese Part IV Reforming the Chinese script Chapter 13 Phonetic writing before pīnyīn Chapter 14 Pīnyīn Chapter 15 Simplification of Chinese characters Chapter 16 Writing and technology in modern China Part V Identity and gender in writing Chinese Chapter 17 Handwriting and personhood Chapter 18 Sexism in the Chinese writing system Chapter 19 Nǚshū: Women’s script Chapter 20 Script choice in writing Japanese Part VI Chinese Characters in art and literature Chapter 21 Chinese calligraphy Chapter 22 A calligraphy workshop Chapter 23 Modern calligraphy in China Chapter 24 Chinese Characters in Avant-garde art Chapter 25 Chinese Characters and Western Modernist poetry

Yu Li is Assistant Professor of Chinese in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Loyola Marymount University, USA. Her research interests include Chinese linguistics, Chinese language pedagogy, East Asian calligraphy, and the Chinese linguistic landscape in the diaspora.

Reviews for The Chinese Writing System in Asia: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

"""This is a comprehensive introduction to the Chinese writing system from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. The author writes beautifully on the linguistic, socio-cultural, anthropological, literary and artistic aspects of Chinese characters."" - Hongyuan Dong, Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Linguistics, The George Washington University in Washington DC, USA. ""This book is a welcome new introduction to the Chinese writing system. I see the strengths of the book in three areas: its wide scope in the topics it covers, its thoroughness in the treatment of the topics, and its balance between scholarly discussions of the topics and its attention to popular interest in the topics."" - Guohe Zheng, Professor of Japanese, Ball State University, USA."