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Mother of Writing

- The Origin and Development of a Hmong Messianic Script
Af: Gnia Yee Yang, Chia Koua Vang, William A. Smalley Engelsk Paperback

Mother of Writing

- The Origin and Development of a Hmong Messianic Script
Af: Gnia Yee Yang, Chia Koua Vang, William A. Smalley Engelsk Paperback
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In February of 1971, in the Laotian village of Nam Chia, a forty-one year old farmer named Shong Lue Yang was assassinated by government soldiers. Shong Lue claimed to have been descended of God and given the mission of delivering the first true Hmong alphabet. Many believed him to be the Hmong people's long-awaited messiah, and his thousands of followers knew him as "Mother (Source) of Writing." An anthropological linguist who has worked among the Hmong, William A. Smalley joins Shong Lue's chief disciple, Chia Koua Vang, and one of his associates, to tell the fascinating story of how the previously unschooled farmer developed his remarkable writing system through four stages of increasing sophistication. The uniqueness of Shong Lue's achievement is highlighted by a comparison of Shong Lue's writing system to other known Hmong systems and to the history of writing as a whole. In addition to a nontechnical linguistic analysis of the script and a survey of its current use, Mother of Writing provides an intriguing cultural account of Shong Lue's life. The book traces the twenty-year-long struggle to disseminate the script after Shong Lue's death, first by handwriting, then by primitive moveable type, an abortive attempt to design a wooden typewriter, and finally by modern wordprocessing. In a moving concluding chapter, Smalley discusses his own complex feelings about his coauthors' story.
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In February of 1971, in the Laotian village of Nam Chia, a forty-one year old farmer named Shong Lue Yang was assassinated by government soldiers. Shong Lue claimed to have been descended of God and given the mission of delivering the first true Hmong alphabet. Many believed him to be the Hmong people's long-awaited messiah, and his thousands of followers knew him as "Mother (Source) of Writing." An anthropological linguist who has worked among the Hmong, William A. Smalley joins Shong Lue's chief disciple, Chia Koua Vang, and one of his associates, to tell the fascinating story of how the previously unschooled farmer developed his remarkable writing system through four stages of increasing sophistication. The uniqueness of Shong Lue's achievement is highlighted by a comparison of Shong Lue's writing system to other known Hmong systems and to the history of writing as a whole. In addition to a nontechnical linguistic analysis of the script and a survey of its current use, Mother of Writing provides an intriguing cultural account of Shong Lue's life. The book traces the twenty-year-long struggle to disseminate the script after Shong Lue's death, first by handwriting, then by primitive moveable type, an abortive attempt to design a wooden typewriter, and finally by modern wordprocessing. In a moving concluding chapter, Smalley discusses his own complex feelings about his coauthors' story.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 229
ISBN-13: 9780226762876
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0226762874
Kategori: Hellige skrifter
Udg. Dato: 15 jun 1990
Længde: 1mm
Bredde: 15mm
Højde: 23mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 15 jun 1990
Forfatter(e): Gnia Yee Yang, Chia Koua Vang, William A. Smalley
Forfatter(e) Gnia Yee Yang, Chia Koua Vang, William A. Smalley

Kategori Hellige skrifter

ISBN-13 9780226762876

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 229

Udgave

Længde 1mm

Bredde 15mm

Højde 23mm

Udg. Dato 15 jun 1990

Oplagsdato 15 jun 1990

Forlag The University of Chicago Press

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