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Clavis Sinica: a short history of the long battle for the Chinese writing system in the west between the XVI and XIX centuries

Alfa, 2017-01, Vol.61 (1), p.197 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2017 Universidade Estadual Paulista ;ISSN: 0002-5216 ;EISSN: 1981-5794 ;DOI: 10.1590/1981-5794-1704-8

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  • Title:
    Clavis Sinica: a short history of the long battle for the Chinese writing system in the west between the XVI and XIX centuries
  • Author: Barreto, Cristiano Mahaut de Barros
  • Is Part Of: Alfa, 2017-01, Vol.61 (1), p.197
  • Description: This paper aims to present a brief history of ideas in Europe between 1550 and 1900 on the spoken and written languages of China. With the support of Sylvain Auroux moderate historicism (2004), I have chosen as a guideline to focus on the discussions regarding the nature of Chinese writing: ideographic or phonographic. While refusing to take sides, I intend to show that this debate has developed around recurring issues that have been revisited throughout this period of more than three centuries and that the studies published by the Europeans are deeply rooted in their cultural, social and ideological context of production. The precarious status of writing in the history of linguistic ideas is an outstanding evidence that is related to the historical leading role of the written Chinese influencing the development in the West of the concepts pertaining to writing, in particular in its representational possibilities. Finally, I propose that the ongoing debates on the subject still reproduce many of the issues explored throughout this history, the resolution of which is still far from being reached. KEYWORDS: History of Linguistics Ideas. Chinese. Europe. Writing. Este artigo tem por objetivo expor uma breve historia das ideias na Europa, entre 1550 e 1900, sobre a lingua falada e escrita na China. Seguindo o partido teorico do historicismo moderado de Sylvain Auroux (2004), sugerimos comofio condutor os discursos na disputa pela natureza da escrita chinesa: ideografica ou fonografica. Recusando-nos a tomar partido de uma ou outra alternativa, mostramos que este debate se desenvolve em torno de questoes revisitadas ao longo destes mais de tres seculos e que os estudos publicados pelos europeus encontram-se profundamente enraizados em seu contexto cultural, social e ideologico de producao. O status precario da escrita na historia das ideias linguisticas se sobressai e aponta para o papel protagonista da escrita chinesa nas concepcoes de escrita desenvolvidas no ocidente, em particular sobre suas possibilidades representativas. Propomos, porfim, que os debates sobre o tema hoje reproduzem muitas das questoes exploradas ao longo desta historia, cuja resolucao permanece ainda longe de um consenso. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Historia das Ideias Linguisticas. Chines. Europa. Escrita.
  • Publisher: Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Language: Spanish
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0002-5216
    EISSN: 1981-5794
    DOI: 10.1590/1981-5794-1704-8
  • Source: IngentaConnect Free/Open Access Journals
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