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Dienstag | 18.00 Uhr | The influence of telegraph and telephone on Chinese language and literature: From the late 19th to the early 20th century (in Chinese) The influence of telegraph and telephone on Chinese language and literature: From the late 19th to the early 20th century (auf Chinesisch) Prof. em. Hirata Shôji, Universität Kyôto (Japan) China is a multilingual society, and the dialects of Chinese language are so diverse that they are sometimes called “Sinitic languages.” And the Lingua Franca in the East Asia, including China, was the Classical Chinese “wenyan.” What was most important for the communication of “Sino-literate world” intellectuals was the ability to write Classical Chinese skillfully. Chinese intellectuals had to have the ability to write thousands or more Chinese characters accurately. The ability to speak Mandarin (official spoken Chinese) was far less important. Adresse Institut für Sinologie 120.02.11 Voßstraße 2 69115 Heidelberg Veranstalter Institut für Sinologie Homepage Veranstalter www.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie Kontakt |