A Handbook of Sinitic Languages Dialects and Non-standard Mandarin

<p><em>A Handbook of Sinitic Languages Dialects and Non-standard Mandarin</em> offers a comprehensive analysis of the linguistic diversity across Chinese-speaking societies. Drawing on original research and leading scholarship it examines major Sinitic families-Mandarin Wu Xiang Gan Hakka Yue and Min-highlighting structural features geographic distribution and sociolinguistic roles. It also explores non-standard Mandarin varieties shaped by contact with speakers' first languages. Comparative analyses of sixty-six expressions across ten languages are paired with annotated transcriptions and translations of sixteen speech samples from China Hong Kong and Taiwan. A Non-standard-Standard Mandarin conversion table discussion of writing systems and over an hour of audio recordings make this a vital resource for scholars students and advanced learners interested in the past present and future of Sinitic languages.</p><p></p><p><strong>Cambria Sinophone World Series.</strong></p>