Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied MeaningUniversity of Hawaii Press, 31. okt. 2003 - 214 sider In this latest book, J. Marshall Unger exposes the historical, scientific, cultural, and practical flaws accompanying the widespread belief that Chinese characters embody pure, language-less meaning. Whether one is interested in Chinese characters from the standpoint of language, literature, semiotics, psychology, history, cultural studies, or computers, Ideogram contains new ideas and insights that are sure to challenge preconceptions and provoke thought. |
Innhold
Agony and bliss | 1 |
Cryptograms vs pictograms | 20 |
The Great Wall of China and other exotic fables | 40 |
Dave Barry vs the intellectuals | 54 |
How would a magician memorize Chinese characters? | 71 |
Lord Chesterfield and the Mandarins | 84 |
Where do hunches come from? | 111 |
In the basement under the Chinese Room | 131 |
Converging strands can ideogram be salvaged? | 151 |
Notes | 169 |
References | 177 |
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Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning J. Marshall Unger Begrenset visning - 2003 |
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abstract alphabet behavior Bliss Blissymbolics brain called calligraphy Chapter China Chinese characters Chinese Room Chinese writing cipher claim cognitive cognitivist communication context core meaning culture Dave Barry Deacon East Asian Elkins English example fact Fenollosa Figure forms Gigerenzer glottic grammar graphic Gregg Gregg shorthand guage hanja Harris Heisig human icons idea ideograms Ideographic Ideographic Myth input Japa Japan Japanese writing Japanese writing system John DeFrancis kanji kind Korea language left arc linguistic literacy logical logographic Lorayne Lorayne's Mandarin McCloud memorize Monty Hall Problem morphemes native nese pegs percent phonetic phonographic picture Pinker probability problem pronunciation reader represent rules Sampson script semasiographic semiotic Shlain shorthand signs Sino-Japanese morpheme Sino-Japanese readings speakers speech stroke structure student syllables symbols techniques theory thing tion Unger University Press visual Vološinov words writ writing system written York Yukaghir Yukaghir love letter
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Planning Chinese Characters: Reaction, Evolution or Revolution? Shouhui Zhao,Richard B. Jr. Baldauf Begrenset visning - 2007 |