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The debate on traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters is an ongoing dispute concerning Chinese orthography among users of Chinese characters. It has stirred up heated responses from supporters of both sides in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities with its implications of political ideology and cultural identity. [1]
In the IOU, Zhang wrote: "Zhang borrowed money RMB 14,000 yuan from Gao, and today 还欠款 (還欠款) 4000 yuan. (meaning paid back debt 4,000 yuan (when character "还" is pronounced "huán"), or still owe a debt of 4,000 yuan (when character "还" is pronounced "hái"))." The polyphonic character "还" here later led to a lawsuit. [9]
[10] [11] Viewer reaction to the discrepancy created by Erica having a 16-year-old daughter as the result of a 24-year-old rape prompted the series to immediately adjust Kendall's age to 23. [11] On the sitcom Growing Pains, the character Chrissy Seaver was born in October 1988. She was an infant for the remainder of season four (1988–1989 ...
The apparent-time hypothesis is a methodological construct in sociolinguistics whereby language change is studied by comparing the speech of individuals of different ages. If language change is taking place, the apparent-time hypothesis assumes that older generations will represent an earlier form of the language and that younger generations will represent a later form.
The protagonist or antagonist mad scientist's assistant, who often is afflicted with many physical problems, typically: a dragging walking pace, a pronounced hunched back, speaks in a halted speech pattern and/or a low monotone accent, and an obtuse demeanor — embodied in Peter Lorre's original interpretation of the role that has now become ...
Character amnesia is a phenomenon where experienced speakers of some East Asian languages forget how to write Chinese characters previously well-known to them. The phenomenon is specifically tied to prolonged and extensive use of input methods, such as those that use romanizations of characters, and is documented to be a significant issue in China and Japan.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Old English on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Old English in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Time by William S. Burroughs, with illustrations by Brion Gysin, is a saddle stapled pamphlet described in its publisher's forward as "a book of words and pictures." [1] It is an example of Burroughs' use of the cut-up technique, with which he began experimenting in the fall of 1959. [2]