Chinese Dialectology: A Historical and Social Overview

This book explores one of the richest dialect families in the world: Chinese dialects. It covers all aspects of Chinese dialectology, from descriptive investigations, to dialect geography and philology, history, variation, language contact and sociolinguistics, and also includes a unique bibliograph...

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1. Verfasser: You, Rujie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Singapore Springer 2025
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2024
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Zusammenfassung:This book explores one of the richest dialect families in the world: Chinese dialects. It covers all aspects of Chinese dialectology, from descriptive investigations, to dialect geography and philology, history, variation, language contact and sociolinguistics, and also includes a unique bibliography of dialect works by Western missionaries, explaining profound theories in simple language with colorful examples from all over China. Based on a unique framework and focusing on what other work on Chinese dialectology lacks, it combines a theoretical perspective with field research, and also links Western theory to the Chinese dialect tradition. This book is a breath of fresh air, providing new data as well as a bibliography of dialect translations of the Old and New Testaments not available elsewhere. Re-assessing old views and offering new perspectives based on rigorous research, it is an indispensable resource for researchers
Beschreibung:XX, 430 p. 77 illus., 10 illus. in color
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Dialect Investigation, transcription and description.- Chapter 3 Dialect Geography.- Chapter 4 History of Dialects.- Chapter 5 Dialect Change and Variation.- Chapter 6 Dialect Contact.- Chapter 7 Dialect Comparison.- Chapter 8 Sociolinguistic Study of Dialects.- Chapter 9 Dialect Characters.- Chapter 10 History of Dialectology.
Beschreibung:465 Seiten 235 mm
ISBN:9789819710478

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