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Languages, Scripts, and Chinese Texts in East Asia - Hardcover

Kornicki, Peter Francis

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9780198797821: Languages, Scripts, and Chinese Texts in East Asia
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ISBN 10: 0198797826 ISBN 13: 9780198797821
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Peter Francis Kornicki is the son of a Polish WWII Spitfire pilot and grew up in Malta, Aden, and Cyprus. He entered Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1968 to read Classics but transferred to studying Japanese after one year, taking a first class honours in Japanese with Korean in 1972. He received an MSc in Applied Social Studies, a DPhil in Japanese literature, and a DLitt, all from the University of Oxford, after which he taught at the University of Tasmania, Kyoto University, and the University of Cambridge. He was the President of the European Association of Japanese Studies from 1997 to 2000, a Fellow of the British Academy in 2000, and won the Yamagata Banto Prize in 2013.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198797826
ISBN 13 
9780198797821
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
424
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