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Modern Chinese by Ping Chen
History and Sociolinguistics
This book describes the development of Modern Chinese from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s.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 and up-to-date 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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| Author(s) : Ping Chen | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0521641977 | ISBN-13 : 9780521641975 |
| RRP : £50.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 01/04/1999
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page Length : 244mm
Page Size : 236mm