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Holm, David

 
9789004223691: Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script: A Vernacular Writing System from Southern China
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ISBN 10 : 900422369X ISBN 13 : 9789004223691
Editeur : Brill, 2013

Synopsis

The traditional Zhuang script is a character script based on Chinese, adapted for the purpose of writing the Tai languages of southern China and northern Vietnam. Mapping the Old Zhuang Character Script by David Holm, presents for the first time a systematic overview of such a script, based on a survey of traditional texts in 45 locations among the Zhuang and related peoples in Guangxi, Guizhou, eastern Yunnan, and northern Vietnam. Complete with 133 maps, it looks at patterns of geographic variation in relation to dialect, the domains of former native chieftaincies, the activities of ritual masters and Taoist priests, large-scale migrations, and the transplantation of garrisons of native troops. Internal evidence indicates the script has a history going back well before the Tang.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Holm, D.Phil. (1980) in Chinese, University of Oxford, is Professor in the Department of Ethnology at National Chengchi University. He has published extensively on the traditional language and culture of the Zhuang, a Tai-speaking people indigenous to Southern China.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
900422369X
ISBN 13 
9789004223691
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
888
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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