Re: "The Languages of China" by Ramsey

From: Eric Muller (emuller@adobe.com)
Date: Tue Jul 12 2005 - 21:45:48 CDT

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Eric Muller wrote:

> I am in the middle of reading "The languages of China", by S. Robert
> Ramsey (ISBN 0-691-01468-X). Two questions:
>
> - is it good? (I like it very much, but I can't judge if it is good)
> - have things changed since it was written (1987)?

I received a number of private answers (thanks!) summarized here for the
benefit of this list. The consensus is that is a good book. Other
recommendations:

DeFrancis, John. "The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy", University of
Hawaii Press.
Chen, Ping. "Modern Chinese: History and Sociolinguistics", Cambridge
University Press.
Jerry, Norman. "Chinese", Cambridge University Press.

Also two related links:

http://www.noncompositional.com/2005/07/unity-and-diversity-in-china/

http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001978.php

Thanks again for the answers,
Eric.

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