@article{ART003139687},
author={Dongchoel Bin},
title={Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2024},
number={74},
pages={29-63},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002}
TY - JOUR
AU - Dongchoel Bin
TI - Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2024
VL - null
IS - 74
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 29
EP - 63
SN - 1738-0502
AB - This study critically examines various approaches to the emergence of Chinese writing, from traditional accounts to modern theories. The traditional approach traces the origin of Chinese characters back to signs on pottery and artifacts that predate the oracle bone inscriptions excavated in Anyang, based on morphological similarities. However, this approach fails to clarify the functions of those signs and their transition into characters. Modern theories include, on the one hand, the idea that the emergence of Chinese writing was a short-term invention, and on the other, the view that it resulted from gradual cultural evolution. Both hypotheses contain elements that go beyond what our current archaeological evidence can explain. As an alternative, I propose an evolutionary explanation for the formation and development of characters, relying solely on the oracle bone inscriptions from Anyang, without resorting to earlier archaeological materials.
KW - Chinese writing;literacy;origin;emergence;theory;pottery signs;oracle bone inscriptions;cultural evolution;traditional approach
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002
ER -
Dongchoel Bin. (2024). Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 74, 29-63.
Dongchoel Bin. 2024, "Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.74, pp.29-63. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002
Dongchoel Bin "Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 74 pp.29-63 (2024) : 29.
Dongchoel Bin. Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy. 2024; 74 : 29-63. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002
Dongchoel Bin. "Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.74(2024) : 29-63.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002
Dongchoel Bin. Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 74, 29-63. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002
Dongchoel Bin. Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2024; 74 29-63. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002
Dongchoel Bin. Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy. 2024; 74 : 29-63. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002
Dongchoel Bin. "Ideas on the Origins of Chinese writing and Literacy" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.74(2024) : 29-63.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2024..74.002
