The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy - Softcover

Defrancis, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824810686 ISBN 13: 9780824810689

Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press, 1986

Inhaltsangabe

Describes some of the concepts underlying the Chinese language and writing system, and gives the author's position on a number of ideas about the language.

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John DeFrancis (1911- 2009) John DeFrancis (1911–2009), Emeritus Professor of Chinese at the University of Hawai'i, graduated from Yale in 1933 and immediately departed for China to pursue his interests. In three years of study and travel, he covered over 4,000 miles in Northwest China and Mongolia, across the Gobi Desert, and down the Yellow River, immersing himself in grassroots contact with the language and people. Upon his return to the United States, DeFrancis earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught at several institutions nationwide. Dr. DeFrancis is the author of dozens of articles and books on spoken and written Chinese, among them a widely used 12-volume set of educational materials and Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems (UH Press, 1989).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Hawai'i Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1986
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0824810686
• ISBN 13: 9780824810689
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 330
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