Tones, Then and Now
Language Log 2024-08-22
Summary:
[This is a guest post by Don Keyser] I was relieved/reassured to read this in Language Log yesterday: VHM: I myself remember very clearly being taught to say gongheguo 共和國 ("republic") and gongchandang 共產黨 (Communist Party) with the first syllable of each being in the first tone, then being surprised later when the PRC started […]