Construction of Method of Studies on Asian Scripts (2)
Keywords
script
grammatology (studies of script)
Chinese character (ideograph) and scripts derived from Chinese character
Indic scripts
ancient scripts
Areas
Asia
China
Middle East
North Africa
Mainland Southeast Asia
Japan
Website
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About the Project
Project term: April, 2020–March, 2023
Asia is a globally unique area wherein a variety of writing systems have been established and used since ancient times. Studies on Asian scripts contribute to the general study of language scripts. Therefore, this project plans to cover popular scripts such as Chinese and Indic, minor scripts such as Tangu, and ancient scripts that include cuneiforms and hieroglyphs. The project members have all conducted multifaceted script studies, especially on shapes of the glyphs, and have a comprehensive understanding of principles of scripts. This project aims to not only describe and explain individual scripts but also to make materials available for more general studies, such as a glossary on studies of scripts. Therefore, this project seeks to be a successor to the GICAS (Grammatological Informatics based on the Corpora of Asian Scripts) project (2001–2004, at The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA)).
Shintaro ARAKAWA, Project Coordinator (Associate Professor, ILCAA)
Pre-resistration is needed.
For registration, please contact to Shintaro ARAKAWA: arakawa[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @.) by July 27. This meeting will be held by Zoom with limited capacity.
Jointly sponsored by ILCAA Joint Research Project “Construction of Method of Studies on Asian Scripts (2)”, Editorial department of FIELDPLUS