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Publication details [#35708]

Yin, Bo and Richard B., jr. Baldauf. 1990. Language reform of spoken Chinese. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 11 (4) : 279–289.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | language planning | minority language | spoken language | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Chinese

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper deals with language reform and the communicative need for the development of a standard national spoken Chinese and its spread via the educational system. It also addresses the topic of Chinese dialects ad minority languages.