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Aha! "The World's Writing Systems" looks suspiciously like another book I have, "Grammatology" (not the one by Derrida). Published in the 90s and similarly pric
by pradocchia 15y ago
Aha! "The World's Writing Systems" looks suspiciously like another book I have, "Grammatology" (not the one by Derrida). Published in the 90s and similarly priced, but out of print as far as I know.
Who wrote the chapter on Chinese?
- tokenadult 15y agoWho wrote the chapter on Chinese [in The World's Writing Systems]? http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Linguistics/?view=usa&ci=9780195079937#Product_Details http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Linguistics/?v... I'm pretty sure it's by William G. Boaltz http://depts.washington.edu/asianll/people/faculty/boltzwm.html http://depts.washington.edu/asianll/people/faculty/boltzwm.h... whose papers about ancient Chinese are full of surprising details, with insight into how the current writing system developed historically.