"Words / Characters of the Year" for 2013 in Taiwan and in China

Lingua Franca 2014-01-06

Summary:

Back on December 17, 2011, I wrote a post entitled "Morpheme(s) of the Year" about kòng 控 ("control", but having lots and lots of other meanings, all covered in detail in my post).  The unusual title and thrust of that post were due to my dissatisfaction with the concept of a "character of the year" […]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=9334

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

01/06/2014, 16:04

Date published:

12/26/2013, 17:25