Visible Speech : : The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems /

Visible Speech : : The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems / / John DeFrancis.

Visible Speech is an attempt to set the record straight about the nature of writing. John DeFrancis, a noted specialist in the Chinese language, shows that writing can be based only upon a sound system and not upon any other linguistic level. He corrects the erroneous views of Chinese writing as pic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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DeFrancis, John,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022]
©1989
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • I WRITING IN COMMUNICATIVE CONTEXT
  • 1. Kinds of Communication
  • 2. What Is Writing?
  • II FULL WRITING SYSTEMS
  • 3. Syllabic Systems
  • 4. Consonantal Systems
  • 5. Alphabetic Systems
  • III WRITING IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
  • 6. A Critique of Writing about Writing
  • 7. The Essential Oneness of Full Writing
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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