On the Nature of Unmotivated Components in Modern Chinese Characters

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.36824/2018-graf-slam" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.36824/2018-graf-slam</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.36824/2018-graf-slam" target="_blank" >10.36824/2018-graf-slam</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

On the Nature of Unmotivated Components in Modern Chinese Characters

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

From an etymological perspective, the graphics of Chinese characters are in general supposed to encode at least semantic, but primarily both semantic and phonetic information concerning the recorded linguistic unit. This attribute of the Chinese writing system is often pointed out, even when referring to the composition of the graphemes used in modern Chinese signary. A careful look, however, at the individual characters suggests that, in view of the current meaning or sound of the characters, the relationship between the graphic and linguistic structure might be partly or entirely missing. This means, in other words, that apart from semantically and phonetically motivated components, unmotivated constituents can be identified in the composition of modern Chinese characters as well. Although the phenomenon of unmotivated constituents has been discussed in a number of grammatological studies, it is often viewed as a peripheral issue. This paper argues that these units deserve much more attention than they have so far received. Based on a new model of the classification system for Chinese characters, it demonstrates that there are two different types of unmotivated constituents to be distinguished, and thus it provides deeper insight into the characteristic features of the modern Chinese writing system.

Název v anglickém jazyce

On the Nature of Unmotivated Components in Modern Chinese Characters

Popis výsledku anglicky

From an etymological perspective, the graphics of Chinese characters are in general supposed to encode at least semantic, but primarily both semantic and phonetic information concerning the recorded linguistic unit. This attribute of the Chinese writing system is often pointed out, even when referring to the composition of the graphemes used in modern Chinese signary. A careful look, however, at the individual characters suggests that, in view of the current meaning or sound of the characters, the relationship between the graphic and linguistic structure might be partly or entirely missing. This means, in other words, that apart from semantically and phonetically motivated components, unmotivated constituents can be identified in the composition of modern Chinese characters as well. Although the phenomenon of unmotivated constituents has been discussed in a number of grammatological studies, it is often viewed as a peripheral issue. This paper argues that these units deserve much more attention than they have so far received. Based on a new model of the classification system for Chinese characters, it demonstrates that there are two different types of unmotivated constituents to be distinguished, and thus it provides deeper insight into the characteristic features of the modern Chinese writing system.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60202 - Specific languages

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Graphemics in the 21st Century

ISBN

978-2-9570549-0-9

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

209-226

Počet stran knihy

398

Název nakladatele

Fluxus Editions

Místo vydání

Brest

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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