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Languages and dialects in China
geographical journal • 102 • Published In 1943 • Pages: 63-66
By: Chao, Yuen Ren.
Abstract
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.
- Subjects
- Linguistic identification
- culture
- Han Chinese
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Linguist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Robert E. Winter ; 1955
- Field Date
- no date given
- Coverage Date
- 1934
- Coverage Place
- People's Republic of China
- Notes
- Yuen Ren Chao
- LCCN
- 28017564
- LCSH
- China--Language