Speaking of Chinese: A Cultural History of the Chinese Language

Speaking of Chinese: A Cultural History of the Chinese Language

Raymond Chang, Margaret Scrogin Chang
$21.95
Publication Date: November 17th, 2001
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN:
9780393321876
Pages:
208
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Description

"This pleasant, unpretentious account [is] a small stream leading to the ocean of the culture of China."—Scientific American

Not a how-to text, this beguiling book is instead a fascinating look at Chinese language and culture. Ranging through history, literature, folklore, linguistics, and sociology, this is a breezy, straightforward primer of surprising breadth.

About the Author

Raymond Chang is a professor of chemisty at Williams College. He is the author of the widely read textbook Chemisty.

Margaret Scrogin Chang teaches at Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts.