The rise of Chinese as a global language : prospects and obstacles /: prospects and obstacles. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey Gil.
• Authors: Gil, Jeffrey
• Contents: Chapter 1 – Introduction: English and Chinese in Today's Multilingual World.- Chapter 2 – Language Comprehensive Competitiveness: A Conceptual Framework for Investigating the Macroacquisition of Chinese.- Chapter 3 – The Language Comprehensive Competitiveness of Chinese: The Objective Perspective.- Chapter 4 – The Language Comprehensive Competitiveness of Chinese: The Subjective Perspective.- Chapter 5 – A Language Comprehensive Competitiveness Profile of Chinese.- Chapter 6: The Character-Based Writing System: An Obstacle to Becoming a Global Language or Not?.- Chapter 7 – English and Chinese in Tomorrow's Multilingual World: Continuation, Co-existence or Replacement?.- Chapter 8 – Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Pivot
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 495.1; Chinese language -- Globalization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030761714
• Related ISBNs: 9783030761707
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