Review: The Languages of China
User Review - André - GoodreadsNot bad as an introduction to the languages of Chinese (language history, "dialects" as well as minority languages), but also a bit shallow. One gets a mere superficial overview of these languages ... Read full review
Review: The Languages of China
User Review - Karen Chung - GoodreadsExcellent introduction to Chinese and the other languages of China. Read full review
Review: The Languages of China
User Review - Alan - GoodreadsAn awesome tour-de-force on all things linguistic and Chinese. It edifies both on how linguists think and do, and on the history of Chinese as both a (collection of related) languages and as a script ... Read full review
Review: The Languages of China
User Review - Terence - GoodreadsThis is a perfectly nice (if dated - 1987) book about exactly what the title suggests and it probably could only appeal to readers like myself who are fascinated by how people speak but aren't ... Read full review
Review: The Languages of China
User Review - Christopher - GoodreadsS. Robert Ramsey's THE LANGUAGES OF CHINA is a survey originally published by Princeton University Press in 1987. China is an immense country with a rich linguistic heritage, and it is a challenge to ... Read full review
Review: The Languages of China
User Review - Charles N. Li - American Anthropologist. . . a unique and brilliant work. . . . Ramsey integrates nearly all of the gains of modern research on the Chinese language and skillfully presents the results in a concise, interesting, and comprehensible manner. Read full review
Review: The Languages of China
User Review - Victor H. Mair - Pacific Affairs. . . I find The Languages of China a pleasure in virtually all respects. It is extremely easy to read, full of useful information, and beautifully produced. Read full review
Review: The Languages of China
User Review - Jerome L. Packard - The Journal of Asian StudiesIn producing a book on China as a linguistic area, the ideal is a comprehensive and accurate account that places China's linguistic diversity in a meaningful historical, geographical, and social context. Ramsey has succeeded admirably in achieving this end. Read full review
