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The Kitan language and script /
The Kitan language and script have disappeared from history for more than 800 years. Recent research has partially deciphered a number of Kitan inscriptions, reveal significantly more of its lexicon and morphology. This book summarises the current state of research.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Handbuch der Orientalistik. Handbook of Uralic studies ;
v. 19. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Kitan words in Chinese works; 1.3 Creation of the Kitan scripts; 1.4 Use of the Kitan script under the Jin; 1.5 The Kitan inscriptions; 1.6 Name of the Liao State; 1.7 The Yelü clan and the Xiao clan; 1.8 Names of Liao emperors; 1.9 Reign titles of Liao emperors; 1.10 Reign titles of Jin emperors; 1.11 The ten stems and twelve branches; 1.12 The five colours or the five elements; 1.13 Cyclical stems; the five elements; the five colours; 1.14 The twelve animals; 1.15 Sources; 1.16 Early Chinese research.
- 1.17 Arrangement of the small graphs to form words1.18 Japanese research; 1.19 Russian and other research; 1.20 The Kitan Small Script Research Group; 1.21 Research on Kitan words in Chinese sources; 1.22 Research since Research; 1.23 Other research; 1.24 Transcription of the small Kitan script; 1.25 Transcription of logographs; 1.26 The dotted forms; 1.27 Similar and probably identical graphs; 1.28 Probably miswritten graphs; 1.29 Similar but diffe.