The Why of Pinyin Grapheme Selection.

DeFrancis, John

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ERIC Number: EJ425841

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Why of Pinyin Grapheme Selection.

DeFrancis, John

Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, v25 n3 p1-14 Oct 1990

Reviews the history and development of the Pinyin grapheme system for the transcription of Chinese, and contrasts Pinyin graphemes with those of several other systems for Chinese. It is argued that Pinyin should be accepted as the standard system for Chinese transcription. (JL)

Descriptors: Alphabets, Chinese, Language Planning, Language Standardization, Language Usage, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonetic Transcription, Romanization, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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