Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860–1960
Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860–1960

Author: Gina Anne Tam

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-03-05

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 110847828X

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Analyzes how fangyan (local Chinese languages or dialects) were central to the creation of modern Chinese nationalism.

English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular Or Spoken Language of Swatow
English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular Or Spoken Language of Swatow

Author: William Duffus

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-10-20

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780343868512

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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Applied Linguistics
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Applied Linguistics

Author: Chu-Ren Huang

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-11

Total Pages: 963

ISBN-13: 1317231147

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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Applied Linguistics is written for those wanting to acquire comprehensive knowledge of China, the diaspora and the Sino-sphere communities through Chinese language. It examines how Chinese language is used in different contexts, and how the use of Chinese language affects culture, society, expression of self and persuasion of others; as well as how neurophysiological aspects of language disorder affect how we function and how the advance of technology changes the way the Chinese language is used and perceived. The Handbook concentrates on the cultural, societal and communicative characteristics of the Chinese language environment. Focusing on language use in action, in context and in vivo, this book intends to lay empirical grounds for collaboration and synergy among different fields.

Asia in the Making of Christianity
Asia in the Making of Christianity

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-04-23

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9004251294

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Drawing on first person accounts, Asia in the Making of Christianity studies conversion in the lives of Christians throughout Asia, past and present. Fifteen contributors treat perennial questions about conversion: continuity and discontinuity, conversion and communal conflict, and the politics of conversion. Some study individuals (An Chunggŭn of Korea, Liang Fa of China, Nehemiah Goreh of India), while others treat ethnolinguistic groups or large-scale movements. Converts sometimes appear as proto-nationalists, while others are suspected of cultural treason. Some transition effortlessly from leadership in one religious community into Christian ministry, while others re-convert to new forms of Christianity. The accounts collected here underscore the complexity of conversion, balancing individual agency with broader social trends and combining micro- with macrocontextual approaches.

Cities in Motion
Cities in Motion

Author: Su Lin Lewis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-07-19

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1107108330

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A social history of cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia's ethnically diverse port cities, seen within the global context of the interwar era.

Sinophone Southeast Asia
Sinophone Southeast Asia

Author: Tom Hoogervorst

Publisher: Chinese Overseas

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9789004421226

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"This volume explores the diverse linguistic landscape of Southeast Asia's Chinese communities. Based on archival research and previously unpublished linguistic fieldwork, it unearths a wide variety of language histories, linguistic practices, and trajectories of words. The localized and often marginalized voices we bring to the spotlight are quickly disappearing in the wake of standardization and homogenization, yet they tell a story that is uniquely Southeast Asian in its rich hybridity. Our comparative scope and focus on language, analysed in tandem with history and culture, adds a refreshing dimension to the broader field of Sino-Southeast Asian Studies"--