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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ping Chen |
| ISBN: | 0521641977 9780521641975 0521645727 9780521645720 |
| OCLC Number: | 39633613 |
| Description: | xiv, 229 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Modern Spoken Chinese -- Establishment and promotion of Modern Spoken Chinese -- Development of Standard Spoken Chinese before the late nineteenth century -- Establishment and promotion of Modern Standard Chinese from the late nineteenth century until 1949 -- Promotion of putonghua after 1949 -- Promotion of Modern Standard Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore -- Norms and variations of Modern Standard Chinese -- Phonology of Modern Standard Chinese -- Difference between Modern Standard Chinese and the Beijing dialect -- Adulterated putonghua -- Norms of Modern Standard Chinese outside mainland China -- The standard and dialects -- Dialects in contact -- Socio-functional differentiation of Modern Standard Chinese and dialects -- Language policy towards dialects -- Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore -- Modern Written Chinese -- Development and promotion of Modern Written Chinese -- Old Written Chinese -- Emergence of early Modern Written Chinese -- Replacement of wenyan by baihua as Standard Written Chinese -- Sources of and avenues of influence upon Modern Written Chinese -- Uses of wenyan and baihua since the 1940s -- Establishment of Modern Written Chinese and status planning -- Norms and variations of Modern Written Chinese -- Newly developed grammatical norms in Modern Written Chinese -- Regional variations in the grammatical norms of Modern Written Chinese -- Newly developed lexical norms in Modern Written Chinese -- Regional variations in the lexical norms of Modern Written Chinese. |
| Responsibility: | Ping Chen. |
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Abstract:
The Chinese language, spoken by over one billion people, has undergone drastic changes over the past century. This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the development of Chinese from the late 19th century onwards.
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