Link Roundup – 15 Nov 2010
The following are posts or articles relevant to language in China. Each week we share a handful of links that we think are worth reading. If you see something we missed, please let us know.
A recent post by John over at WooChinese responds to an article in the Wall Street Journal about handwriting helps one’s memory, and takes it into the realm of learning Chinese characters. John has posted many good articles for Mandarin language learners.
For language learners wondering how bureaucratic Mandarin would render the verb in “fool around with a female reporter”, check out this translation from China Digital Times (h/t Danwei).
John Pasden (Sinosplice) puts up his take on Why Learning Chinese is Hard. In his classic thorough fashion, he includes a discussion of what “hard” means, learning curve comparisons of Japanese & Chinese, and a good summary of links to what others have said about learning Chinese.
Transliterationisms takes a look at stamp-out-everything-but-Mandarin pro-Mandarin campaign slogans in Singapore. 多讲华语，亲切便利 anyone?
Thanks for the roundup. I love the posts related to the Chinese language.
John Pasden’s post was a response to another post on WooChinese which has a lively discussion worth checking out. I wrote about a similar topic last month in a post called “Why Anyone Can Learn Chinese” that looks at the topic from a different angle.
Steve,
Indeed it was. Thanks for linking to that, as well as to your own post on the subject.