A history of the Chinese language
By: Hongyuan Dong
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780415660396; 9780415660402; 9781315794235
Subjects: Historical linguistics; Languages; History; Chinese language; Language and culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200) and index.
Table of contents: title: A walk through time: general introduction; title: A tale of two tribes: prehistory; title: Thus spake Confucius: sounds of old chinese; title: Poetically they dwelt: sounds of middle Chinese; title: Marco Polo's phrasebook: sounds of early modern Chinese; title: Philosophy and history: classical Chinese; title: Literature and religion: vernacular writing; title: In other words: vocabulary change; title: One for all: modern standard Chinese; title: Celebration of diversity: modern Chinese dialects; title: The legend of Cangjie: Chinese characters.