Pure conversation

Language Log 2016-09-07

Summary:

In "Annals of literary vs. vernacular, part 2" (9/4/16), we saw how Chairman Xi badly bungled a literary quotation.  Now we find that, in the same speech, the Chairman may be said to have misinterpreted a literary term, qīngtán 清谈 ("pure conversation"). On the Btime news website, there's an article titled "Xí zhǔxí suǒ shuō […]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=27929

From feeds:

Gudgeon and gist » Language Log

Tags:

language and politics

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

09/07/2016, 05:31

Date published:

09/05/2016, 15:31