Descriptor
| Chinese | 2 |
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Language Patterns | 2 |
| Language Role | 2 |
| Atlases | 1 |
| Contrastive Linguistics | 1 |
| Discourse Analysis | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| Geographic Distribution | 1 |
| Language Maintenance | 1 |
| Language Minorities | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Publication Type
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| China | 2 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Sun, Hao – 1998
A study examined the validity of the distinction between interactional language, used to express social relations and personal attitudes, and transactional language, which conveys factual or prepositional information and is message oriented, within and across languages and cultures. Data were drawn from natural telephone conversations of three…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English
Download full textMcConnell, Grant D., Ed.; Gendron, Jean-Denis, Ed. – 1998
This atlas of language vitality in China covers the majority Han (Mandarin) language and 59 officially recognized minority languages. The first section, on the Han language, gives a breakdown of its oral and written vitality overall and for eight domains (religion, schools, mass media, administration, courts, legislature, manufacturing industries,…
Descriptors: Atlases, Chinese, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
