Chinese Language : Fact and Fantasy

Name: Chinese Language : Fact and Fantasy
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ISBN: 9780824810689

ISBN-10: 0824810686

ISBN-13: 9780824810689

Edition: Reprint

Authors: John DeFrancis

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"DeFrancis's book is first rate. It entertains. It teaches. It demystifies. It counteracts popular ignorance as well as sophisticated (cocktail party) ignorance. Who could ask for anything more? There is no other book like it. ... It is one of a kind, a first, and I would not only buy it but I would recommend it to friends and colleagues, many of whom are visiting China now and are adding 'two-week-expert' ignorance to the two kinds that existed before. This is a book for everyone." --Joshua A. Fishman, research professor of social sciences, Yeshiva University, New York "Professor De Francis has produced a work of great effectiveness that should appeal to a wide-ranging audience. It is at…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 1/1/1984
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 342
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English