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[Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]

University of Chicago Press 1990 2nd ed. Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 229 p. Contains: Unspecified.

ISBN10: 0226762874, ISBN13: 9780226762876, [publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL] Softcover Paperback. 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 ...

Univ of Chicago Pr 1990 2nd ed. Softcover New 1st edition. 229 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

ISBN10: 0226762874, ISBN13: 9780226762876, [publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL] Softcover Paperback. 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 ...

ISBN10: 0226762874, ISBN13: 9780226762876, [publisher: University of Chicago Press] Softcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.76
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]

University of Chicago Press 1990 2nd ed. paperback New