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Quantifying Dialect Mutual Intelligibility.

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Cheng, Chin-Chuan – 1993

Measurement of the mutual intelligibility of dialects of a language is discussed. The focus is on several theoretical constructs in measurement, illustrated with data from an earlier study of the mutual intelligibility of 17 Chinese dialects. Measurement procedures are also explained. It is proposed that mutual intelligibility is based on the…

Descriptors: Chinese, Classification, Dialects, Language Patterns

MANDARIN DIALECTS--A PROBLEM IN CLASSIFICATION.

STIMSON, HUGH – 1966

MUTUAL INTELLIGIBILITY, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE INITIAL BASIS FOR CHINESE DIALECT CLASSIFICATION, ALONG WITH GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY HAS PROVIDED A FAIRLY REALISTIC GROUPING OF THE MANDARIN DIALECTS. IT NOW SEEMS DESIRABLE TO WORK OUT A FORMAL DEFINITION IN PRECISE LINGUISTIC TERMS OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A MANDARIN DIALECT AND TO DISCOVER WHETHER…

Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics