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CHN6208 The Linguistic Landscape of China |
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Number of Credits |
3 |
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Offering School |
School of Humanities |
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Course Instructor |
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Course Level |
Postgraduate |
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Language of Instruction |
English |
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First Day of Class |
Thursday, September 26th, 2024 |
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Last Day of Class |
Thursday, January 9th, 2025 |
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Course Component |
Lecture |
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Mode of Teaching |
Synchronous Course recordings available for students. |
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Meeting Time |
Week 2-17: Thursdays, 10:00 am - 12:45 pm |
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Time Zone |
Beijing Time（UTC+8） |
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Restrictions |
Basic knowledge of linguistic notions |
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Course Description |
This module presents an overview of the more than 600 languages spoken in China, including their sociolinguistic settings and structural features in terms of sound, morphology and syntax. Students acquire systematic knowledge of the existing language families in China: the Sinitic (“Chinese Dialects”), Altaic, Tibeto-Burman, TaiKadai, Miao-Yao and Austronesian languages. They get to understand the Chinese and Western definitions of language and appreciate differences in language diversity of both China and Europe. Students will comprehend the events that shaped the linguistic landscape of Modern China: the adoption of the speech of Beijing as lingua franca in 1913 and the spread of this lingua franca due to internal migration after the 1980s. |
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Assessment Format |
1. Attendance:10% |
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Syllabus |
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