Re: Chinese writing systems
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 4, 2002, 7:41 |
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Andreas Johansson wrote:
> What possessed the Chinese to introduce this distinction in writing?
Presumably the same thing that possessed the Japanese to invent "kanojo"
(she), and specifying "kare" (originally 3rd person singular) to "he",
the idea that the lack of that distinction was "primitive".
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