The Phonetic Aspect of Character Simplification.

Ng, Sally M.

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Publication Date: 1976

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The Phonetic Aspect of Character Simplification

Ng, Sally M.

Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 11, 3, 179-186, Oct 76

Examination of the simplified characters adopted in the People's Republic of China shows that all such characters have been created based on phonetic, graphic or semantic principles. This paper discusses phonetic simplification and lists characters followed by their simpler forms. (CHK)

Descriptors: Chinese, Graphemes, Ideography, Language Variation, Orthographic Symbols, Phonetics, Symbolic Language, Written Language

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