MODERN CHINESE by Ping Chen ( 9780521641975 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

MODERN CHINESE
HISTORY AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS

By:

Ping Chen

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0521641977

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9780521641975

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 April, 1999

Pages:

244

Description:

This book describes the development of Modern Chinese from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s.

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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Cambridge University Press

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