Languages, scripts, and Chinese texts in East Asia / Peter Francis Kornicki.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191839139 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Chinese language -- Writing | Chinese language -- Dialects -- East AsiaAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198797821DDC classification: 495.111 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This is a wide-ranging study of vernacularization in East Asia, examining Chinese script of the early common era, the spread of Chinese Buddhist, Confucian, and medical texts throughout East Asia, all the way to the end of the nineteenth century when nationalism created new roles for vernacular languages and vernacular scripts.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a wide-ranging study of vernacularization in East Asia, examining Chinese script of the early common era, the spread of Chinese Buddhist, Confucian, and medical texts throughout East Asia, all the way to the end of the nineteenth century when nationalism created new roles for vernacular languages and vernacular scripts.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 3, 2018).