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Münning, Mariana: Sound, Meaning, Shape: The Phonologist Wei Jiangong (1901-1980) between Language Study and Language Planning, Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, 2022. https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.939

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https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.939
ISBN 978-3-948791-30-8 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-948791-29-2 (Hardcover)

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06/23/2022

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Mariana Münning

Sound, Meaning, Shape

The Phonologist Wei Jiangong (1901-1980) between Language Study and Language Planning

One of the leading proponents of the radical linguistic reforms in 20th century China, Wei Jiangong remains hardly known in the West. This book describes how Wei, who was rooted in traditional philology and conceptualizing language as a tool, helped to promulgate a standard language, led the compilation of the world’s most popular dictionary, and helped to drive script reform. While these measures were characterized as violent intervention in the Chinese language sphere, Wei’s careful negotiating of linguistic description and political prescription illustrates how they also may have been steps that helped to achieve linguistic self-determination.

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Yurou Zhong, in: China Quarterly (2023), 1-2

Mariana Münning is research assistant at the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg. Her field of research, teaching and publication includes linguistics, language planning and textbooks of 20th century China.

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Table des matières
Pages
PDF
Title
1-4
Contents
5-7
List of Abbreviations
9
List of Figures
11
List of Tables
13
Acknowledgements
15-16
Notes on Romanization and Chinese Characters
17
1 Introduction
19-32
PART I: SOUND (YIN 音)
33
2 The Standard Language
35-49
3 Wei Jiangong as linguist activist
51-95
4 The National Language on the Mainland
97-135
5 The National Language in Taiwan
137-154
PART II: MEANING (YI 義)
155
6 The "New China Dictionary" Xinhua Zidian 新華字典
157-189
PART III: SHAPE (XING 形)
191
7 The Script Reform in the Republic
193-211
8 The Script Reform in the PRC
213-234
9 Conclusion
235-237
Bibliography
239-281
提要 音
283
Index
285-311
Backcover

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