university Web site on Taiwanese
Posted by site admin on 18 Jun 2007 at 02:20 pm | Tagged as: Chinese, Hokkien, Hoklo, Minnan, Taiwan, Taiwanese, dialect, languages, linguistics, literacy, romanization
National Taichung University (Guólì Táizhōng Jiàoyù Dàxué / 國立台中教育大學) has a new Web site on Taiwanese. Unfortunately, parts of it — especially the sound files — appear to require the use of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser and ActiveX. But it’s still a useful resource.
further reading: Mǐnnányǔ Luómǎzì pīnyīn fāng’àn jí fāyīn xuéxí wǎng jiàn zhì wánchéng (閩南語羅馬字拼音方案及發音學習網建置完成), CNA, June 15, 2007
This is unrelated to your blog entry, but I thought you’d find it interesting:
http://searchengineland.com/070615-081218.php
Some interesting comments on the nature of characters, which may be uninformed but which I’m inclined to agree with.
Thanks for the link, JB. The article says that the full study will be released soon, which should be interesting. Those interested in more about eye-tracking studies might want to look at Gary Feng’s blog, Shadow.