Project

A Database of Medieval Chinese Manuscript Texts

Code
01B05115
Duration
01 June 2015 → 31 May 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Chinese language
    • Contact linguistics
    • Discourse analysis
    • Historical linguistics
    • Syntax
    • Writing systems
    • Study of Buddhism
Keywords
text database Digital Humanities vernacular Chinese Chinese syntax Buddhist studies manuscript mark-up Chinese historical linguistics medieval Chinese manuscripts Chinese historical phonology paleography
 
Project description

The text database is of great importance for the further development of research in ‘Buddhist studies/historical linguistics’. Not only will these precious texts become digitally available, they are also programmed for international research purposes. As such, the database will make Ghent actively part of the new digital research communities in the study of Chinese linguistics and Buddhism.