Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451687

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451687

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Old Zhuang Script: a Vernacular Character Script from Southern China. The Zhuang are a Tai-speaking people and the most populous of China's minority peoples. Traditionally they used a modified version of the Chinese character script. The aim of this project is to provide the wherewithal for a decipherment of the old Zhuang character script, to present evidence for the age of the script, and to describe the social and political conditions that gave it birth and influenced its development.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $280,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Language Studies | Chinese Languages | Thai Languages | Language In Time And Space (Incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding other countries |

Other Keywords

Chinese Languages | Language In Time And Space (Incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology) | Language Studies | Languages and Literature | Thai Languages | Understanding other countries | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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