Writing and Literacy in Early China: Studies from the Columbia Early China Seminar (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Writing and Literacy in Early China Inquires into modes of manuscript production, the purposes for which texts were produced, and the ways in which they were actually used
Full description- Publisher: University of Washington Press
- Published: 11 January 2012
- Format: Hardback 480 pages
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- Categories: Literacy | Writing Systems, Alphabets | Communication Studies | Social Interaction | Asian History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780295991528 ISBN 10: 0295991526
- Sales rank: 754,722
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Full description for Writing and Literacy in Early China
The emergence and spread of literacy in ancient human society an important topic for all who study the ancient world, and the development of written Chinese is of particular interest, as modern Chinese orthography preserves logographic principles shared by its most ancient forms, making it unique among all present-day writing systems. In the past three decades, the discovery of previously unknown texts dating to the third century BCE and earlier, as well as older versions of known texts, has revolutionized the study of early Chinese writing. The long-term continuity and stability of the Chinese written language allow for this detailed study of the role literacy played in early civilization. The contributors to Writing and Literacy in Early China inquire into modes of manuscript production, the purposes for which texts were produced, and the ways in which they were actually used. By carefully evaluating current evidence and offering groundbreaking new interpretations, the book illuminates the nature of literacy for scribes and readers. Li Feng is associate professor of early Chinese history and archaeology at Columbia University. David Branner is a lexicographer of Chinese who has taught at the University of Maryland. The other contributors are Anthony Barbieri-Low, William Boltz, Constance Cook, Lothar von Falkenhausen, David Pankenier, Matthias Richter, Adam Smith, Ken-ichi Takashima, and Robin Yates.
