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Book Chapter: What is an akshara?

TitleWhat is an akshara?
Authors
Ramanujan, KWeekes, BS
KeywordsAkshara
Alphasyllabary
Devnagari
Indian languages
Indic orthography
Issue Date2019
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Citation
What is an akshara?. In Joshi, RM & McBride, C. (Eds.), Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography, p. 43-52. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05977-4_3
AbstractThe answer to the question of what is an akshara is complex. To understand the concept of akshara in Indic languages, it is necessary to consider multiple levels of meaning. In historical terms, the akshara is an example of the resilience of the human invention that we call writing. In purely linguistic terms, the concept can be defined as an example of an abugida writing system, which is by no means restricted to Asian languages. In sociocultural terms, akshara is beyond any simple description. Akshara can be viewed as connected to the metaphysical world in the liturgy of ancient philosophies.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/261021
ISBN
9783030059767
ISSN
2214-000X

 

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dc.contributor.authorRamanujan, K-
dc.contributor.authorWeekes, BS-
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-14T08:51:08Z-
dc.date.available2018-09-14T08:51:08Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationWhat is an akshara?. In Joshi, RM & McBride, C. (Eds.), Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography, p. 43-52. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019-
dc.identifier.isbn9783030059767-
dc.identifier.issn2214-000X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/261021-
dc.description.abstractThe answer to the question of what is an akshara is complex. To understand the concept of akshara in Indic languages, it is necessary to consider multiple levels of meaning. In historical terms, the akshara is an example of the resilience of the human invention that we call writing. In purely linguistic terms, the concept can be defined as an example of an abugida writing system, which is by no means restricted to Asian languages. In sociocultural terms, akshara is beyond any simple description. Akshara can be viewed as connected to the metaphysical world in the liturgy of ancient philosophies.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing-
dc.relation.ispartofHandbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography-
dc.subjectAkshara-
dc.subjectAlphasyllabary-
dc.subjectDevnagari-
dc.subjectIndian languages-
dc.subjectIndic orthography-
dc.titleWhat is an akshara?-
dc.typeBook_Chapter-
dc.identifier.emailWeekes, BS: weekes@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityWeekes, BS=rp01390-
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-05977-4_3-
dc.identifier.hkuros290123-
dc.identifier.spage43-
dc.identifier.epage52-
dc.identifier.eissn2214-0018-
dc.publisher.placeCham-
dc.identifier.issnl2214-000X-

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