Modern Linguistics Celebrities in Southern Jiangsu Who Influence National Language Policy
by Zhao Xiande
About This Novel
The late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of my country were a period of transformation in all aspects of our country's society, and correspondingly comprehensive adjustments were made to language and writing policies. The formulation and promulgation of the "Mandarin Language Unification Act", the convening of the Pronunciation Unification Conference, the conversion from classical Chinese to vernacular, the conversion from Chinese to Mandarin, the conversion of old Chinese pronunciation to new Chinese pronunciation, the formulation and promotion of phonetic symbols, the determination of the four tones of Chinese, the formulation and promotion of Mandarin Roman characters, the formulation and promotion of new Latin characters, the formulation and promotion of Mandarin standards , the design and use of new punctuation marks, the change of traditional characters to simplified characters, the change of typesetting form from vertical to horizontal, and the formulation and promotion of Chinese pinyin programs have all been fully developed. These tasks were mainly completed by linguists from Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Shanghai, Nantong and other places and a small number of linguists from Zhejiang. This book introduces the academic achievements and other situations of 21 modern linguists in southern Jiangsu who had a great or small influence on the national language policy at that time. It is a highly readable biography of people related to linguistic research.
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