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Languages and dialects in China
geographical journal • 102 • Published In 1943 • Pages: 63-66
By: Chao, Yuen Ren.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is a brief survey of dialectic differences in China. Mandarin is stressed as the language group utilized by the educated and those involved with public service. Distinction is made between 'Wenli', the literary idiom, and Mandarin.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Linguistic identification
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Han Chinese
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert E. Winter ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- People's Republic of China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Yuen Ren Chao
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 28017564
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- China--Language