University of Heidelberg

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Language and Cultural Translation: Asymmetries in the Emergence of Modern Written Languages

Coordination: Judit Árokay, Jadranka Gvozdanovic

Abstract

In this project the emergence process of uniform and codified written languages is researched. The main emphasis is laid on Japanese, but other languages in East Asia, e.g. Korean and/or Chinese are also considered. In all of those countries translations and/or contacts with western languages played a very important role. They caused not only social but also language-structural changes.
It is researched how the cultural and linguistic contacts developed being tied with each other.