Shanghainese

Language Log 2013-05-16

Summary:

Just yesterday, in "The enigmatic language of the new Windows 8 ads", we saw how delicate and uncertain is the comprehension of forms of Chinese that one is not intimately familiar with. A significant part of the problem is the result of a psychological barrier to understanding that comes from unfamiliarity with the context [...]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4628

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Gudgeon and gist ยป Language Log

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

05/16/2013, 10:00

Date published:

05/16/2013, 09:58