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Roundtable on Written Colloquial Chinese Past and Present
Organized by School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong
Sponsored by Louis Cha Fund for Chinese studies and East/West studies in the Faculty of Arts, The University of Hong Kong
Roundtable on Written Colloquial Chinese Past and Present
Date: 23 August 2024 (Friday)
Time: 09:00-18:00
Language: Chinese & English
Venue: Room 7.30, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Mode: Face-to-face
Aim:
This roundtable will explore issues regarding colloquial languages in China in relationship to written forms and colloquial literary language. Issues to be considered include: the history of China’s colloquial literary languages; the standard regional languages and prestige dialects of the past; the history of Mandarin and its influence on other dialects; the interplay between historical forms of spoken Chinese and written Chinese; supraregional common languages (koinés), and their relationship to spoken dialects; the nature of texts written colloquial dialect forms.
Invited Speakers:
- David Prager BRANNER
- CHEN Shujuan (Institute of Sinophone Studies, National Tsing Hua University)
- CHIN Chi-on, Andy (Hong Kong Metropolitan University)
- TAI Yanmei (The Education University of Hong Kong)
- KWOK Bit-chee (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- Richard VanNess SIMMONS (The University of Hong Kong)
- TAKEKOSHI Takashi (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)
- WANG Cong (The Education University of Hong Kong)
- YIU Yuk Man, Carine (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
- YOSHIKAWA Masayuki (The University of Tokyo)
- ZHANG Meilan (Hong Kong Baptist University)
- ZHAO Ming (The University of Hong Kong)
- ZHOU Chenmeng (The University of International Business and Economics)
Click HERE to download the programme.
Notice:
1) The Roundtable will be conducted in a face-to-face mode;
2) All those who would like to attend the Roundtable are required to register online (Click HERE) on a first-come, first-served basis;
3) Email of confirmation will be sent to the registered email addresses and participants have to show the screenshot or print-out version of the email for entry of the Roundtable venue;
4) Walk-in or late-comers will not be allowed for entry of the seminar venue unless situation allows.
ALL are welcome*
*Pre-registration (Click HERE) is requested.
