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Article: Chinese urban language in historical perspective: Guānhuà and dialect in the late Qīng
Title | Chinese urban language in historical perspective: Guānhuà and dialect in the late Qīng |
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Keywords | Guānhuà koine northern Mandarin Nánjīng dialect southern Mandarin and zhèngyīn |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Co. |
Citation | Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 2020, v. 30 n. 1-2, p. 139-171 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Three contemporaneous descriptions of Guānhuà from the beginning of the 19th century collectively provide a rich and evocative representation that contains a trove of details regarding the nature of that koine and its relation- ship to Mandarin and local dialects in the urban linguistic milieu of the late Qīng. The descriptions are those of Gāo Jìngtíng (fl. 1800–1810), Lǐ Rǔzhēn (c. 1763–1830), and Robert Morrison (1782–1834). We find that all three note the existence of two forms of Guānhuà, a northern type, and a southern type. The three authors all present a mix of northern and southern types in their descriptions, though each also gives greater prominence to the south- ern type. This southern type has a close connection to the southern Jiāng- Huái Mandarin dialects, and takes the dialect of Nánjīng as a primary representative. In overall perspective, these three authors’ descriptions also reveal there was widespread acceptance of, and social accommodation for, linguistic diversity in Qīng China, within which Guānhuà served as the lin- gua franca that promoted easy communication across China’s vast territory. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/288332 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.250 |
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dc.contributor.author | Simmons, RV | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-05T12:11:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-05T12:11:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 2020, v. 30 n. 1-2, p. 139-171 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0957-6851 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/288332 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Three contemporaneous descriptions of Guānhuà from the beginning of the 19th century collectively provide a rich and evocative representation that contains a trove of details regarding the nature of that koine and its relation- ship to Mandarin and local dialects in the urban linguistic milieu of the late Qīng. The descriptions are those of Gāo Jìngtíng (fl. 1800–1810), Lǐ Rǔzhēn (c. 1763–1830), and Robert Morrison (1782–1834). We find that all three note the existence of two forms of Guānhuà, a northern type, and a southern type. The three authors all present a mix of northern and southern types in their descriptions, though each also gives greater prominence to the south- ern type. This southern type has a close connection to the southern Jiāng- Huái Mandarin dialects, and takes the dialect of Nánjīng as a primary representative. In overall perspective, these three authors’ descriptions also reveal there was widespread acceptance of, and social accommodation for, linguistic diversity in Qīng China, within which Guānhuà served as the lin- gua franca that promoted easy communication across China’s vast territory. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Co. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Asian Pacific Communication | - |
dc.rights | Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. Copyright © John Benjamins Publishing Co. | - |
dc.rights | Readers of post-print must contact John Benjamins Publishing for further reprinting or re-use | - |
dc.subject | Guānhuà | - |
dc.subject | koine | - |
dc.subject | northern Mandarin | - |
dc.subject | Nánjīng dialect | - |
dc.subject | southern Mandarin and zhèngyīn | - |
dc.title | Chinese urban language in historical perspective: Guānhuà and dialect in the late Qīng | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Simmons, RV: rvanness@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Simmons, RV=rp02685 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1075/japc.00048.sim | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85089939140 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 315676 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 30 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1-2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 139 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 171 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000546795600008 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0957-6851 | - |