5 THE COMMON LANGUAGE OF NEW CHINA

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. NOTES ON LANGUAGE AND TRANSLITERATION xi
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1 DUELING SOUNDS AND CONTENDING TONES 21
7. 2 IN SEARCH OF STANDARD MANDARIN 67
8. 3 THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE IN EXILE 118
9. 4 TAIWAN BABEL 163
10. 5 THE COMMON LANGUAGE OF NEW CHINA 217
11. EPILOGUE 276
12. NOTES 297
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 345
14. INDEX 401