世界の書記体系：遊戯と複雑性<br>The Idea of Writing : Play and Complexity

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世界の書記体系：遊戯と複雑性
The Idea of Writing : Play and Complexity

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  • 言語 ENG
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Full Description

The Idea of Writing is an exploration of the versatility of writing systems. From ancient Egyptian, Cuneiform and Meroitic writing to Chinese, Maya and Maldivian script, the authors examine the problems and possibilities of polysemy, representing loanwords and the problems of adapting a writing system to another language. The playful and artistic use of writing, including a contribution on writing dance, further illustrates the intricacies of the systems. This collection of articles aims to highlight the complexity of writing systems rather than to provide a first introduction. The different academic traditions in which these writing systems have been studied use linguistic, socio-historical and philological approaches that give complementary insights into the complex phenomena.

Contents

Table of contents
Acknowledgements

Introducing writing on writing
Alex de Voogt

Play in writing

Strange byways in cuneiform writing
Irving L. Finkel

Scripts and shapes: Chinese characters and Japanese syllabaries in early modern Japan
Margarita Winkel

Substitution, substitution, substitution:
the many faces of Maya writing
Erik Boot

Loanwords

From group-writing to word association:
representation and integration of foreign words in
Egyptian script
Joachim Friedrich Quack

What is being borrowed?
Language and script contact in Taiwan
Henning Klöter

The adaptation of the cuneiform script to foreign languages
Wilfred H. van Soldt

Loanwords, "foreign words," and foreign signs in Maya writing
Erik Boot

On loans and additions to the Fidäl (Ethiopic) writing system
Azeb Amha

Languages and scripts in the Maldive Islands: coding and encoding
Alex de Voogt

Foreign terms in Sanskrit pertaining to writing
Harry Falk

Polysemy

Reducing polyvalency in writing systems: from Egyptian to Meroitic
Claude Rilly

Difficult hieroglyphs and unreadable Demotic?
How the ancient Egyptians dealt with the complexities of their script
Joachim Friedrich Quack

Maya Writing: synonyms and homonyms, polyvalency and polysemy
Erik Boot

In the interstices of representation: ludic writing and the locus of polysemy in the Chinese sign
Wolfgang Behr

Towards another script Egyptian writing for non-Egyptian languages and vice-versa: a short overview
Joachim Friedrich Quack

The Caroline Islands script: a linguistic confrontation
Alex de Voogt

The interaction of syllabic and alphabetic
cuneiform writing in Ugarit
Wilfred H. van Soldt

Writing Dance
Joukje Kolff

Index