Nationalism and Language Reform in China

Contents

• Preface

1. Introduction
   • Tens against Thousands
   • The West Shows the Way
2. Nationalism: Unity through Uniformity
   • Beginnings of Interest in Reform
   • One State, One People, One Language sample chapter
3. Nationalism: Unity in Diversity
   • The Influence of the Soviet Union
   • New Languages for a Federated China
4. Linguistic Dogma and Linguistic Science
   • Linguistic Method
   • The Monosyllabic Myth
   • The Problem of Tones
   • What Can Be Alphabetized?
   • Dialects or Languages?
   • What Kind of Script?
5. The Script as a Problem of Nationalism
   • Language and Nationalism
   • The Script and National Unity
   • The Script and National Progress

• Notes
• Bibliography
• Characters for Bibliography
• Characters for Footnotes
• Index