Toward a phonographic writing system of Chinese: A case study in writing reform

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn , Issue 122, 1996, Pages 1-46

  Chen, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 34247685485     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1996.122.1     Document Type: Article

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