Modern Chinese : history and sociolinguistics / Ping Chen.
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Modern Spoken Chinese:
- 2. Establishment and promotion of Modern Spoken Chinese
- 3. Norms and variations of Modern Standard Chinese
- 4. The standard and dialects
- Part II. Modern Written Chinese:
- 5. Development and promotion of Modern Written Chinese
- 6. Norms and variations of Modern Written Chinese
- 7. Dialect writing
- Part III. The Modern Chinese Writing System:
- 8. Basic features of the Chinese writing system
- 9. Simplification of the traditional writing system
- 10. Phonetization of Chinese
- 11. Use and reform of the Chinese writing system: present and future
- 12. Conclusion.