The Chinese Language : : Fact and Fantasy / / John DeFrancis.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021] ©1984 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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