Visible speech : the diverse oneness of writing systems /
Author / Creator: | DeFrancis, John, 1911-2009, author. |
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Imprint: | Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©1989. |
Description: | xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1124417 |
Summary: | 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 pictographic, ideographic, logographic, or morphemic, and defends his conclusion that because of these misrepresentations, the nature of all writing continues to be misunderstood. |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-298) and index. |
ISBN: | 0824812077 9780824812072 0824821077 |