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UNINA9910812569903321 |
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Autore |
Kane Daniel |
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Titolo |
The Kitan language and script / / by Daniel Kane |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-39933-0 |
9786612399336 |
90-474-4351-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Collana |
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Handbook of oriental studies/Handbuch der Orientalistik, section eight, central Asia ; ; 19 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Khitan language |
Khitan language - Writing |
Khitan language - Morphology |
Khitan language - Syntax |
China History Liao dynasty, 947-1125 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-293) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / D. Kane -- Chapter One. Introduction / D. Kane -- Chapter Two. Analysis Of The Kitan Small Graphs / D. Kane -- Chapter Three. English-Kitan Glossary / D. Kane -- Chapter Four. Morphology / D. Kane -- Chapter Five. The Kitan Large Script / D. Kane -- Chapter Six. Texts In The Kitan Small Script / D. Kane -- Chapter Seven. Liao Chinese / D. Kane -- Postscript / D. Kane -- Bibliography / D. Kane -- Index / D. Kane -- Index Of Graphs / D. Kane. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Kitans established the Liao dynasty in northern China, which lasted for over two centuries (916-1125). In this survey the reader will find what is currently known about the Kitan language and scripts. The language was very likely distantly related to Mongolian, with two quite different scripts in use. A few generations after their state was defeated, almost all trace of the Kitan spoken and written languages disappeared, except a few words in Chinese texts. Over the past few decades, however, inscriptions from the tombs of the Liao emperors and the Kitan aristocracy have been at least partially deciphered, resulting in a significant increase of our knowledge of the Kitan lexicon, |
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