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Publication details [#18267]

Chiang, William W. 1995. "We Two Know the Script: We Have Become Good Friends": Linguistic and Social Aspects of The Women's Script Literacy in Southern Hunan, China. University Press of America.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language for special purposes | script | women's language

Language as a subject

Chinese

Annotation

This study describes the inherent structure, social setting and spheres of use of Chinese women's script in Southern Hunan, which, though facing at present irreversible extinction, played an important role in the Shangjiangxu women's resistance against patriarchal oppression.