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Peer reviewedChen, Ping – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1996
Analyzes the major linguistic and sociopolitical factors responsible for the underdevelopment of written languages based on non-Mandarin dialects. Explores language planning efforts in Taiwan to standardize a written language based upon the local dominant dialect. Argues that the social and political costs of the success of dialect writings may be…
Descriptors: Chinese, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Planning
