A Social View on the Chinese Language
1st Edition
Published on 13. May 2021
XXIV, 206 pages
978-1-4331-7984-6 (ISBN)
Description
A Social View on the Chinese Language is intended to be a general linguistic introduction to the Chinese language for the general reader and can be used in beginning-level Chinese linguistics courses. It is different from other Chinese linguistics surveys because, in addition to the usual areas of interest (such as the Chinese dialects, the history of the language, the characters and the grammar), it offers a view into linguistic phenomena that are also related to human behavior and society, such as how Chinese children and US college students learn Chinese, how the brain processes Chinese, the genetic origins of Chinese, language disorders and language loss in Chinese, differences in Chinese language use in different social groups, studies of Chinese reading and psycholinguistic aspects of Chinese language use.
Reviews / Votes
"Provocative and wide-ranging, A Social View on the Chinese Language, written by a well-known scholar in field of Chinese linguistics, presents all important aspects of Chinese, its origin, regionalects, writing, reading, learning, cognition, grammar, culture and history. It is an excellent handbook, superbly organized and compact, with all current discoveries in the field, and is the finest Chinese linguistics textbook I've seen. The explanations are very clear with rich examples and detailed illustrations. It will be beneficial for students and for anyone who wants to learn Chinese as a communicative tool or preserve it as a culture heritage."-Shengli Feng (???), Emeritus Professor, Chinese University of Hong KongMore details
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A Social View on the Chinese Language
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Jerome L. Packard is Professor Emeritus of Chinese at the University of Illinois. Professor Packard received his PhD in Chinese linguistics from Cornell University and is the author of five books and over 30 articles on the Chinese language. Professor Packard has served as a Fulbright scholar in China and has taught Chinese at the University of Massachusetts, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois.
Content
List of Figures - List of Tables - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Chinese Language Origins - Chinese Regionalects - Chinese Writing and Reading - Learning Chinese - Chinese Language and the Brain - Chinese Language and Culture - What Can We Expect for the Chinese Language? - Index.
