The Paradigm of Comparative Study of Scripts
Comparative graphology is an important branch of graphology research. It includes adopting the comparative method to analyze two or more kinds of scripts in order to find the differences and relationships between these scripts. However, the angle of script comparison is somewhat monotonous and not systematic enough at present. This article starts from making a brief introduction to setting the comparative targets, selecting the comparative materials, choosing the comparative contents, finding the starting point of comparison, choosing the framework or theory for comparison, and finally aiming at finding the certain paradigm for the comparative study of scripts.