SLIDE 1
Overview
- Most Chinese characters bear no resemblance
to the object/idea they represents, though many of them did historically.
- Most Chinese characters are such that they
Chinese Characters Ling 203 Languages of the World Overview Most - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Chinese Characters Ling 203 Languages of the World Overview Most - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Chinese Characters Ling 203 Languages of the World Overview Most Chinese characters bear no resemblance to the object/idea they represents, though many of them did historically. Most Chinese characters are such that they give clues
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Little resemblance to meaning
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- Occasionally, the evolutionary process is
readily inferable.
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- The following characters show some
resemblance to their meaning.
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- The following characters point to an idea or
relationship.
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- The following characters combine two characters to
form a new meaning (most of the symbols you need are on the previous slides)
You’ll need these symbols, too!
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- The following characters combine two characters to
form a new meaning (most of the symbols you need are on the previous slides)
You’ll need these symbols, too!
d. f. h. g. i. a. b. e. c.
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- 95% of Modern Chinese characters have a
partial phonetic basis.
radical phonetic
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- What is the common element, the radical or
the phonetic?
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- What is the common element, the radical or
the phonetic?
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- What is the common element, the radical or
the phonetic?
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- What is the common element, the radical or
the phonetic?
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- What is the common element, the radical or
the phonetic?
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- What is the common element, the radical or
the phonetic?
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All data and images in these slides are taken from: Frommer, Paul & Edward Finegan. 2007. Looking at Language: A Workbook in Elementary Linguistics. Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.