Publications

Publication details [#34975]

Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The languages of China. Princeton University Press. vi + 340 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

dialect1 | language policy | minority language | sociolinguistics | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Chinese

Annotation

This book provides a historical and sociolinguistic account of the non-Chinese and Chinese tongues spoken in China, and addresses governmental policies to language issues.

Reviewed by

Hymes, Robert. 1989. Review of $The languages of China.