Frontmatter; Contents; Abbreviations; List of tables, diagrams and illustrations; Chapter 1. Defining terminology; Chapter 2. Languages of China; Chapter 3. The language policy of the People's Republic of China regarding the dialects of Chinese; Chapter 4. Chinese historical phonetics; Chapter 5. Classifications of Chinese dialects; Chapter 6. The classification of Chinese dialects according to The Language Atlas of China; Chapter 7. Guidelines for field research of Chinese dialects; Chapter 8. Analysis of The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects
Chapter 9. Information gathered from The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese DialectsChapter 10. Summary and conclusions; Backmatter
Summary
"The book uncovers the role The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects plays in analyzing the spectrum of linguistic differentiation in China. The author starts by sketching the development and current state of Chinese dialectology and dialectal research. She then provides an analysis of the Dictionary and of the kind of information it provides. Looking at Chinese dialectology from a Western point of view, the author aims to understand and present the Chinese perspective"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Terms in Chinese also given in romanized transliteration of Chinese and in English
