TOPICS IN EAST ASIAN LINGUISTICS
Weekend seminar 3-4 March 2007
The seminar will take place in PAM454. In order to gain access to the room, we will meet in
front of Niels Treschows Hus at 9.55 on Saturday 3 March.
Read in advance as much of the readings listed below as possible.
Saturday 3 March
10 - 12
Christoph Harbsmeier
The nature of the Chinese writing system
Read: Bernhard Karlgren, Sound and Symbol in Chinese, ch. 4
(UHS, K311, OST Hs 823)
William Boltz, The Origin and Early development of the Chinese writing
system, New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1994
(UHS, Mag312, qHZ Ame/78)
13 – 18
Bjarke Frellesvig
Reading Chinese in Japan and Korea; the adaptation/use of Chinese script to write
Japanese; the development of Japanese script and writing.
Read: Roy Andrew Miller, The Japanese Language, chapter 3, 'Writing systems'.
19 -
Dinner at the Harbsmeier residence: Gjennomfaret 23, 0876 Oslo (v/ Taasen Senter)
Sunday 4 March
10 - 11.30
Bjarke Frellesvig
The Korean alphabet
Read: Iksop Lee and S. Robert Ramsey, The Korean Language, chapter 2, 'Korean
writing' (UHS, Mes, OST Jb Lee)
12.30 - 14
Christoph Harbsmeier
The traditional interpretation of the Chinese writing system: The Shuowenjiezi
Read: Michael Loewe, Early Chinese Texts. A Bibliographic Guide, pp. 429-442
(UHS, Mes, OST Da 24 Ear)
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