When Deborah Fallows moved to Shanghai, she discovered that her struggles and triumphs in learning the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering the behavior and habits of its people and their seemingly impenetrable culture. As her skill with Mandarin incr…
When Deborah Fallows moved to Shanghai, she discovered that her struggles and triumphs in learning the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering the behavior and habits of its people and their seemingly impenetrable culture. As her skill with Mandarin incr…
When Deborah Fallows moved to Shanghai, she discovered that her struggles and triumphs in learning the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering the behavior and habits of its people and their seemingly impenetrable culture. As her skill with Mandarin incr…
"Translating Chinese Culture is an innovative and comprehensive coursebook which addresses the issue of translating concepts of culture. Based on the framework of schema building, the course offers helpful guidance on how to get inside the mind of the Chinese author, how to unde…
"Translating Chinese Culture is an innovative and comprehensive coursebook which addresses the issue of translating concepts of culture. Based on the framework of schema building, the course offers helpful guidance on how to get inside the mind of the Chinese author, how to unde…
"Translating Chinese Culture is an innovative and comprehensive coursebook which addresses the issue of translating concepts of culture. Based on the framework of schema building, the course offers helpful guidance on how to get inside the mind of the Chinese author, how to unde…
"Translating Chinese Culture is an innovative and comprehensive coursebook which addresses the issue of translating concepts of culture. Based on the framework of schema building, the course offers helpful guidance on how to get inside the mind of the Chinese author, how to unde…
Language and Social Change in China: Undoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin offers an innovative and authoritative account of the crucial role of language in shaping the sociocultural landscape of contemporary China. Based on a wide range of data collected since the 19…
For centuries the sub-national languages of China have been a fundamental feature in daily life and popular culture, while a standardized form of Mandarin has been adopted as the language of the state (including education). Suppressed during powerful movements to establish a mod…