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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782739003321

Autore

Yong Heming

Titolo

Chinese lexicography [[electronic resource] ] : a history from 1046 BC to AD 1911 / / Heming Yong, Jing Peng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-04480-5

1-281-97573-7

9786611975739

0-19-156167-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (485 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PengJing

Disciplina

495.1302809

Soggetti

Chinese language - Lexicography - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-451) and index.

Includes web resources.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: THE GENESIS AND EMERGENCE OF LEXICOGRAPHICAL CULTURE AND WORKS IN ANCIENT CHINA: (from the Zhou Dynasty, 1046 BC-256 BC to the Han Dynasty, 206 BC-AD 220); PART III: THE EXPLORATION AND CULTIVATION OF LEXICOGRAPHY IN CHINA: (from the Wei Dynasty, 220-265 to the Yuan Dynasty, 1206-1368); PART IV: THE REFORM AND SHAPING OF LEXICOGRAPHY IN CHINA: (from the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 to the Qing Dynasty, 1616-1911)

PART V: CHINESE BILINGUAL LEXICOGRAPHY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW: (from the Tang Dynasty, 618-907 to the Qing Dynasty, 1616-1911)Appendix I: List of book titles from English to Chinese with English titles arranged in alphabetical order; Appendix II: List of book titles from Chinese to English with Chinese titles arranged in Pinyin order; Appendix III: (Omitted)/The chronology of Chinese history; Bibliography; Websites; Index of Chinese names

Sommario/riassunto

The first account in English of the history of Chinese lexicography traces its development from 1046 BC to AD 1911. It describes the origins and development of primers, thesauruses, dictionaries of



dialects, characters, and technical terms, rhyming dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, and encyclopaedic dictionaries. - ;This comprehensive account of the history of Chinese lexicography is the first book on the subject to be published in English. It traces the development of Chinese lexicography over three millennia, from the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-256 BC) to the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911). Reveali