TY  - BOOK
AU  - Unger,J.Marshall
TI  - Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning 
SN  - 9780824826567
AV  - PL1171 
U1  - 495.1/11 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Honolulu : 
PB  - University of Hawaii Press, 
KW  - Chinese characters
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Agony and bliss --; 2. Cryptograms vs. pictograms --; 3. The Great Wall of China and other exotic fables --; 4. Dave Barry vs. the intellectuals --; 5. How would a magician memorize Chinese characters? --; 6. Lord Chesterfield and the Mandarins --; 7. Where do hunches come from? --; 8. In the basement under the Chinese Room --; 9. Converging strands: can ''ideogram'' be salvaged? --; Notes --; References --; Index --; About the Author; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - In this latest book, J. Marshall Unger exposes the historical, scientific, cultural, and practical flaws accompanying the widespread belief that Chinese characters embody pure, language-less meaning. Whether one is interested in Chinese characters from the standpoint of language, literature, semiotics, psychology, history, cultural studies, or computers, Ideogram contains new ideas and insights that are sure to challenge preconceptions and provoke thought
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824845681
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824845681
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824845681/original
ER  -