The Chinese Language : : Fact and Fantasy / / John DeFrancis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: DeFrancis, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations and Tables --; Preface --; Introduction --; Part I. Rethinking "The Chinese Language" --; 1. On Defining "Chinese"and "Language" --; 2. A Sketch of Spoken Chinese --; 3. Idiolects, Dialects, Regionalects, and Languages --; Part II. Rethinking Chinese Characters --; 4. What's in a Name? --; 5. From Pictographs to What? --; 6. How Do Chinese Characters Represent Sounds? --; 7. How Do Chinese Characters Convey Meaning? --; Part III. Demythifying Chinese Characters --; 8. The Ideographic Myth --; 9. The Universality Myth --; 10. The Emulatability Myth --; 11. The Monosyllabic Myth --; 12. The Indispensability Myth --; 13. The Successfulness Myth --; Part IV. Chinese Language Reform --; 14. Speech Reform --; 15. Writing Reform --; Notes --; Glossary --; Suggested Reading --; References --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824840303; 9783110564150
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824840303
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John DeFrancis.