Chinese

Name: Chinese
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ISBN: 9780521296533

ISBN-10: 0521296536

ISBN-13: 9780521296533

Edition: 1988

Authors: Jerry Norman, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. Dressler

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Description:

This general introduction to the study of Chinese traces the language's history from its beginnings in the second millennium B.C. to the present, and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese, in its numerous dialects, has more speakers than any other language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brings to its study an exceptional complexity. Nevertheless, Norman's crisp organization and lucid elegance make this extraordinary range of material easily accessible even to those with an elementary understanding of linguistics. Chinese includes information on the genetic and typological connections of the language, the…

Book details

List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/21/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 303
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Major chronological divisions of Chinese history



Introduction



The historical phonology of Chinese



The Chinese script



The classical and literary languages



The rise development of the written vernacular



The modern standard language I



The modern standard language II



Dialectal variation in North and Central China



The dialects of the Southeast



Language and society


Notes


References


Index