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Start Over Topic chinese language Publication Year Range More than 50 years ago Region china
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1. Inside the Wall.

Author

Merz, Charles

Subjects
CHINESE names, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, CHINESE language, LANGUAGE & languages, CIVILIZATION
Abstract

Presents a description of China and Chinese civilization. Description of the town of Canton; Difficulty in remembering Chinese names; Information on difficulties in commuting from one place to another in China; Information on Soochow, a small city on the Yangtze river; Recognition of the fact that there is a great amount of illiteracy in China because of the fact that Chinese language is extremely difficult to learn; Comment on the ingenious ability of Chinese workmen; Notion of China being a tolerant and easy-going nation.

Published
1923

2. A STUDY OF INTELLIGIBILITY IN WHISPERED CHINESE.

Author

Holbrook, Anthony and Hsiao-Tung Lu

Subjects
LANGUAGE & education, MUTUAL intelligibility of modern languages, SYLLABLE (Grammar), CHINESE language, TONE (Phonetics)
Abstract

Explores whispered Chinese in order to demonstrate the relative intelligibility of monosyllables and sentences in whispered and voiced Chinese. Selection of individual lexical items carrying different meanings for the study; Reduction in Chinese voiced and whispered speech when heard as isolated monosyllables; Role played by the tone feature of Chinese in distinguishing one semantic item from other.

Published
1969
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