Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning

Unger, J. Marshall

ISBN 10: 0824827600 / ISBN 13: 9780824827601

Published by University of Hawaii Press, 2003

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Very clean and bright with sound binding. 196 pgs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824827600
• ISBN 13: 9780824827601
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language
  • Myth and Legend
  • Asian Studies

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

J. Marshall Unger is Emeritus Professor of Japanese at Ohio State University. His research has focused on the history of Japanese, teaching Japanese as a second language, and writing systems of East Asia. Two of his books, The Fifth Generation Fallacy and Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan, are available in Japanese.