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Index
Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Preface PART I LINGUISTIC PRELIMINARIES
CHAPTER 1 Foundational concepts
Phonetics and phonology Emes and Allos Notational conventions
CHAPTER 2 What is writing?
The definition of writing Language is not writing Visual representations of non-languages are not writing Writing is systematic Writing is secondary to speech
CHAPTER 3 What kinds of writing systems are there?
Classification of writing systems The linguistic universal of writing systems
CHAPTER 4 Pīnyīn tutorial
Simple finals Initials Compound finals Spelling rules Tones
PART II WRITING CHINESE
CHAPTER 5 The Chinese speech
Chinese languages and dialects Modern Standard Chinese
CHAPTER 6 Written Chinese
Classical Chinese as a written standard The impact of Classical Chinese on Modern Standard Chinese
CHAPTER 7 The Chinese writing system
Nature of the Chinese script Formation of Chinese characters The character inventory Changes in script style Structure of the Chinese writing system
CHAPTER 8 Demythifying the Chinese script
The ideographic myth The universality myth
PART III BORROWING THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM
CHAPTER 9 Chinese characters in Asia: An overview
From shared borders to common vocabularies Why borrow? General borrowing strategies
CHAPTER 10 Writing Korean
Idu 'clerical reading' Hyangchal 'vernacular letters' Gugyeol 'oral formulae' Hangeul
CHAPTER 11 Writing Japanese
Kanbun Kanji Man'yōgana Hiragana and Katakana A mixed script
CHAPTER 12 Writing Vietnamese
Chũ' nho 'Confucian script' Chũ' nôm 'southern script' Quốc ngũ' 'national script'
PART IV REFORMING THE CHINESE SCRIPT
CHAPTER 13 Phonetic writing before pīnyīn
Early attempts at Romanization (1580s—1620s) Later proposals of phonetic scripts (1890s—1930s)
CHAPTER 14 Pīnyīn
What is pīnyīn? History of pīnyīn Current uses of pīnyīn Spelling rules
CHAPTER 15 Simplification of Chinese characters
Early attempts at simplification (1900-1950s) Script simplification by the PRC (1950s—1980s) International impact
CHAPTER 16 Writing and technology in modern China
Ordering information Computer input methods
PART V IDENTITY AND GENDER IN WRITING CHINESE
CHAPTER 17 Handwriting and personhood
Handwriting and moral character Handwriting and personality traits Parallels between calligraphy techniques and moral preferences
CHAPTER 18 Sexism in the Chinese writing system
The status of women in China Sexism in Chinese characters
CHAPTER 19 Nǚshū: Women's script
Who, where, and when? What does nǚshū look like? What kind of writing system is nǚshū? What is nǚshū used to write and why?
CHAPTER 20 Script choice in writing Japanese
Linguistic constraints Extra-linguistic factors
PART VI CHINESE CHARACTERS IN ART AND LITERATURE
CHAPTER 21 Chinese calligraphy
The Chinese script as foundation for calligraphy Calligraphic evolution of the Chinese script
CHAPTER 22 A calligraphy workshop
Getting ready Warm-up Basic strokes Stroke order Composition Writing exercise
CHAPTER 23 Modern calligraphy in China
The '85 New Wave The Modernists and their works
CHAPTER 24 Chinese characters in Avant-garde art
Background Artworks
CHAPTER 25 Chinese characters and Western Modernist poetry
Imagism and Modernist poetry in the English language Chinese characters and Imagist poetry
References Index
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