Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts

This is the first edition of the bilingual text by Zhou Youguang with English translation by Zhang Liqing. For English speakers to gain advanced level skills in East Asian languages, and introduces intermediate skill levels to the vocabulary and discourses of academic disciplines with oral and written presentations.

John DeFrancis recommends in the Foreword to this text: "This fact-filled but by no means dry compendium, the contents of which are easily accessible thanks to a good, detailed index, deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the languages and scripts of China." This is an ideal book for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses dealing with Chinese languages and scripts.