Modern Chinese: History and Sociolinguistics Book

	List of tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	List of abbreviations
1	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Modern Spoken Chinese	5
2	Establishment and promotion of Modern Spoken Chinese	7
3	Norms and variations of Modern Standard Chinese	34
4	The standard and dialects	50
Pt. II	Modern Written Chinese	65
5	Development and promotion of Modern Written Chinese	67
6	Norms and variations of Modern Written Chinese	91
7	Dialect writing	114
Pt. III	The Modern Chinese writing system	129
8	Basic features of the Chinese writing system	131
9	Simplification of the traditional writing system	148
10	Phonetization of Chinese	164
11	Use and reform of the Chinese writing system: present and future	191
12	Conclusion	202
	Notes	204
	References	210
	Index	222