Beyond Sinology Chinese Writing And The Scripts Of Culture

Description:

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.

subjects: Chinese language, writing,  Chinese characters,  Inscriptions, chinese,  Chinese language,  Writing,  History,  Chinese Inscriptions,  History and criticism,  Chinese in literature,  Chinese in motion pictures,  Mass media and language,  Chinese in art,  Art,  Chinese,  Literature,  Motion pictures