Seen not heard : composition, iconicity, and the classifier systems of logosyllabic scripts

Körperschaft: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
Weitere Verfasser: Zsolnay, Ilona , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Chicago : The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2023.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations.
Schriftenreihe: University of Chicago Oriental Institute seminars 14
Online Zugang: open access
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Text in Context: Relief and Hierarchy on Piedras Negras Panel 3 / Claudia Brittenham
  • 2. The Iconicity of the Vertical: Hieroglyphic Encoding and the Akhet in Royal Burial Chambers of Egypt's New Kingdom / Joshua Aaron Roberson
  • 3. For the Eye Only: Aspects of the Visual Text in Ancient Egypt / Andréas Stauder
  • 4. Animal Categorization in Mesopotamia and the Origins of Natural Philosophy / Gebhard J. Selz
  • 5. Was There an "Animal" in Ancient Egypt? Studies in Lexica and Classifier Systems, with a Glimpse toward Sumer and Ancient China / Orly Goldwasser
  • 6. The Cognitive Role of Semantic Classifiers in Modern Chinese Writing as Reflected in Neogram Creation / Zev Handel
  • 7. Iconic and Grammatical Dimensions of Sign Language Classifiers / Diane Brentari
  • 8. Encounters between Scripts in Bronze Age Asia Minor / Elisabeth Rieken and Ilya Yakubovich
  • 9. Iconicity, Composition, and Semantics: A Structural Investigation of Pictures in an Early Writing Environment / Holly Pittman
  • 10. Ava and ABb, a Memoir—or, The Curious Case of Niĝin/Nanše Signification / Ilona Zsolnay
  • 11. On the Visual Presentation of Writing / Wang Haicheng.