Abstract
Since the adoption of the reform and opening up policy, Chinese language has seen many changes in its phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, syntax and social function. Chinese language during this period can be called Contemporary Chinese, which is different in many aspects from other periods. One of predominant changes in terms of its speakers is that a large number of them are speakers of the national standard variety without any regional accent. In the period of Contemporary Chinese, structural change has happened in regionalects and hometown of Chinese diasporas across the world, speeding up the historical process of Chinese language internationalization at an unprecedent pace. Meanwhile, due to the unseen frequency of change and communication among overseas Chinese, making various regionalects previously seen in different Chinese diasporas shrink even more rapid as what happened to dialects within China. All of these have caused eventual disappearing of the differences between Chinese languages spoken in different ethno-linguistical communities across the world, which signifies a tendency towards integration. In view of this, we should adopt a broader prospective in studying Chinese language and drawing up language planning policies such as standardization. We should include overseas Chinese language and their dialects in the future vision and opt for contemporary and global outlook of Chinese language studies in the future.
Key words
modern Chinese /
contemporary Chinese /
overseas Chinese /
globalization of Chinese language
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You Rujie.
Contemporary and Global Outlook of Chinese Language Studies[J]. Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning. 2021, 6(3): 86-96 https://doi.org/10.19689/j.cnki.cn10-1361/h.20210307
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