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This general introduction to the study of the Chinese language traces its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese in its numerous dialect forms, has more speakers than any language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brings to its study an exceptional complexity. Nevertheless, Professor Norman handles this extraordinary range of material with a deftness of ...

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Chinese 2008, World Books Publishing Corp., Beijing

ISBN-13: 9787506292351

Paperback

Chinese 1988, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521296533

Trade paperback

Chinese 1988, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521228091

Hardcover