The Sounds of Mandarin: Learning to Speak a National Language in China and Taiwan, 1913-1960

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Author(s): Janet Y. Chen
Edition: 1
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Year: 2023

Language: English
Pages: 504
City: New York

Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Notes on Language and Transliteration
Introduction
1. Dueling Sounds and Contending Tones
2. In Search of Standard Mandarin
3. The National Language in Exile
4. Taiwan Babel
5. The Common Language of New China
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index