Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning

Author:   J.Marshall Unger
Publisher:   University of Hawai'i Press
ISBN:  

9780824826567


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 November 2003
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning


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In his 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.

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Author:   J.Marshall Unger
Publisher:   University of Hawai'i Press
Imprint:   University of Hawai'i Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780824826567


ISBN 10:   0824826566
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 November 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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Anyone who reads this book from beginning to end... will surely come to the same conclusion as the author: in reality, there is no such thing as an ideogram. - from the Foreword by Victor H. Mair, University of Pennsylvania


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