Title: Languages, scripts, and Chinese texts in East Asia /
Authors: Kornicki, Peter F.
Year: 2018
Subjects: Chinese language Writing.; Chinese language Dialects East Asia.; Chinese language East Asia.; East Asia Languages.
Abstract: This is a wide-ranging study of vernacularization in East Asia, examining Chinese script of the early common era, the spread of Chinese Buddhist, Confucian, and medical texts throughout East Asia, all the way to the end of the nineteenth century when nationalism created new roles for vernacular languages and vernacular scripts.