| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 229 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-221) and index. |
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Print version record. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Chinese language -- Modern Chinese, 1919-
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Chinese.
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Chinese language -- Modern Chinese, 1919-
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Chinese language -- Modern Chinese.
(OCoLC)fst01710938
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Chinees.
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Spreektaal.
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Schrijftaal.
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Chinees schrift.
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Geschichte.
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Soziolinguistik.
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Chinesisch.
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1919
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chen, Ping, 1954- Modern Chinese. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521641977 0521645727 (DLC) 98038449 (OCoLC)39633613 |
| ISBN |
0511040334 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511040337 (electronic bk.) |
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0511051689 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) |
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9780511051685 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader) |
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9781139164375 (electronic bk.) |
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1139164376 (electronic bk.) |
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