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The Chinese Script as a Self-Regulating System. Applying Köhler's Basic Model of Synergetic Linguistics to Simplified Chinese Characters Cornelia Schindelin Download (1.31 MB) Abstract. Köhler’s basic model of synergetic linguistics endeavors to show language (sub-)systems as dynamic systems the units (of various levels) of which interrelate directly or indirectly. These relationships are controlled by needs or constraints which interact in complex ways. This study adapts and applies Köhler’s basic model to modern simplified Chinese characters and tests the hypotheses it provides about the direct and indirect relationships between character frequency, graphical complexity, and functional complexity. The hypotheses are tested on data from a large corpus study published in the People’s Republic of China in 1986. Three hypotheses about direct relationships and three about indirect relationships between the three systemic features were operationalized and tested. While all three hypotheses about direct relationships could be accepted based on goodness of fit, this was not the case with all three hypotheses about indirect relationships. Here, the model or at least its adaptation—including the operationalization of “functional complexity”—seems to need improvement. Further study is needed. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36824/2022-graf-schi How to cite How to cite in BIB Cornelia Schindelin (2022), “The Chinese Script as a Self-Regulating System. Applying Köhler's Basic Model of Synergetic Linguistics to Simplified Chinese Characters,” in Proceedings of Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, 2022 (Yannis Haralambous, Ed.), Grapholinguistics and Its Applications, Vol. 10, Brest: Fluxus Editions, 739–770. @INPROCEEDINGS{gla10-schi, AUTHOR = {Cornelia Schindelin}, EDITOR = {Haralambous, Yannis}, TITLE = {{The Chinese Script as a Self-Regulating System. Applying Köhler's Basic Model of Synergetic Linguistics to Simplified Chinese Characters}}, BOOKTITLE = {{Proceedings of Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, 2022}}, SERIES = {{Grapholinguistics and Its Applications}}, VOLUME = {10}, PUBLISHER = {Fluxus Editions}, ADDRESS = {Brest}, YEAR = {2022}, PAGES = {739--770}, DOI = {https://doi.org/10.36824/2022-graf-schi}, }