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Osterkamp, Sven. 2011. Nicht-monosyllabische Phonogramme im Altjapanischen. Kritische Bestandaufnahme und Systematisierung der Fälle vom Typ oñgana. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Osterkamp, Sven. 2011. Nicht-monosyllabische Phonogramme im Altjapanischen. Kritische... ISSN 0153-3320 (print version) ISSN 1960-6028 (online version) CLAO Cahiers de / Cahiers de Linguistique Asie (2013) 72-76 brill.com/clao Review / Compte renduLinguistique Asie Orientale 42-1Orientale 42 (2013) 72-76 East Asian Languages and Linguistics Compte rendu Osterkamp, Sven. 2011. Nicht-monosyllabische Phonogramme im Altjapanischen. Kritische Bestandaufnahme und Systematisierung der Fälle vom Typ oñgana. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Starting between the 5th and 7th century, the Japanese developed a writing system based on a language that was morphologically and phonologically entirely different. The Chinese characters were either used as phonograms to symbolize sounds, usually based on a Chinese but sometimes also on a Japanese reading, or as logograms, to represent specific morphemes. If used as phonograms based on a Chinese reading, similarities and differences between Middle Chinese (MC) and Old Japanese (OJ) sound systems offered both opportunities and challenges in the utilization of the Chinese characters. One salient difference was that many MC syllables, unlike modern Standard Chinese, ended on a consonant or semivowel, while OJ syllables were open. This led to the possibility to render two syllables (or morae) of Japanese by just one Chinese character. Thus, for example, the Chinese character ; MC /pak/ could be used to render the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale / Oriental Languages and Linguistics Brill

Osterkamp, Sven. 2011. Nicht-monosyllabische Phonogramme im Altjapanischen. Kritische Bestandaufnahme und Systematisierung der Fälle vom Typ oñgana. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

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ISSN 0153-3320 (print version) ISSN 1960-6028 (online version) CLAO Cahiers de / Cahiers de Linguistique Asie (2013) 72-76 brill.com/clao Review / Compte renduLinguistique Asie Orientale 42-1Orientale 42 (2013) 72-76 East Asian Languages and Linguistics Compte rendu Osterkamp, Sven. 2011. Nicht-monosyllabische Phonogramme im Altjapanischen. Kritische Bestandaufnahme und Systematisierung der Fälle vom Typ oñgana. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Starting between the 5th and 7th century, the Japanese developed a writing system based on a language that was morphologically and phonologically entirely different. The Chinese characters were either used as phonograms to symbolize sounds, usually based on a Chinese but sometimes also on a Japanese reading, or as logograms, to represent specific morphemes. If used as phonograms based on a Chinese reading, similarities and differences between Middle Chinese (MC) and Old Japanese (OJ) sound systems offered both opportunities and challenges in the utilization of the Chinese characters. One salient difference was that many MC syllables, unlike modern Standard Chinese, ended on a consonant or semivowel, while OJ syllables were open. This led to the possibility to render two syllables (or morae) of Japanese by just one Chinese character. Thus, for example, the Chinese character ; MC /pak/ could be used to render the

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