Nationalism and Language Reform in China
豆瓣
John DeFrancis
简介
Examines the political problems arising from the movement for reform of the Chinese written language
目录
Preface
Introduction
Tens against Thousands
The West Shows the Way
Nationalism: Unity through Uniformity
Beginnings of Interest in Reform
One State, One People, One Language sample chapter
Nationalism: Unity in Diversity
The Influence of the Soviet Union
New Languages for a Federated China
Linguistic Dogma and Linguistic Science
Linguistic Method
The Monosyllabic Myth
The Problem of Tones
What Can Be Alphabetized?
Dialects or Languages?
What Kind of Script?
The Script as a Problem of Nationalism
Language and Nationalism
The Script and National Unity
The Script and National Progress
Notes
Bibliography
Characters for Bibliography
Characters for Footnotes
Index