Chinese 528 - Chinse Lang In Cntxt
Fall
2020
01
3.00
Zhongwei Shen
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
57690
Fully Remote Class
zwshen@asianlan.umass.edu
57682
Explores aspects of Chinese language as studied in traditional Chinese linguistics, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and Chinese dialectology. Topics include historical sources, traditional divisions, formation of the standard dialect (Mandarin), social variations and geographical distributions. Prerequisites: CHINESE 375 and 427. Conducted in Chinese.