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Modern Chinese

Modern Chinese History and Sociolinguistics

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Chinese language, spoken by over one billion people, has undergone drastic changes over the past century in a way unparalleled at any time previously. This book presents a comprehensive account of the development of Modern Chinese from the late nineteenth century up to the 1990s, concentrating on three major aspects: Modern Spoken Chinese, Modern Written Chinese, and the Modern Chinese writing system. It describes and analyses in detail, from historical and sociolinguistic perspectives, the establishment and promotion of Modern Spoken Chinese and Modern Written Chinese and the reform of the Chinese script. Through an integrated discussion of these three areas of the language it highlights the close interrelationships between them and reveals the interaction of linguistic, historical and social factors in the development of Modern Chinese.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521645720
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 495.1
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 229
Weight: 378g
Height: 155mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 18mm