1st Edition
The Grammar of Chinese Characters Productive Knowledge of Formal Patterns in an Orthographic System
By James Myers
Copyright 2019
250 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Anybody who reads or writes Chinese characters knows that they obey a grammar of sorts: though numerous, they are built out of a much smaller set of constituents, often interpretable in meaning or pronunciation, that are themselves built out of an even smaller set of strokes. This book goes far beyond these basic facts to show that Chinese characters truly have a productive and psychologically... Read more
1. Chinese Character Grammar: The Very Idea
2. Character Morphology
3. Character Phonology and Phonetics
4. Corpus-based Evidence for Character Grammar
5. Experimental Evidence for Character Grammar
6. Implications and Applications
Biography
James Myers is Professor of Linguistics at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. He has published numerous articles applying quantitative and experimental methods to grammatical issues in Chinese and other languages, and has also (co-)edited volumes on sign language, empirical grammatical research, and Chinese linguistics.
