Transcription of Why is Chinese so damn hard? - Pinyin
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SINO-PLATONIC PAPERSN umber 27 August 31, 1991$ :Essays on Writing and Languagein Honor of John DeFrancison His Eightieth Birthdayedited byVictor H. MairOrder from:Department of Oriental StudiesUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA 19104-6305 USAS chriftfestschrift: Essays in Honor of John DeFrancisWhy Chinese Is So Damn HardbyDavid MoserDept. of Asian Languages and CulturesUniversity of MichiganThe first question any thoughtful person might ask when reading the title of this essay is, " hard forwhom?" A reasonable question. After all, Chinese people seem to learn it just fine. When little Chinese kids gothrough the "terrible twos", it's Chinese they use to drive their parents crazy, and in a few years the same kidsare actually using those impossibly complicated Chinese characters to scribble love notes and shopping lists.
Schriftfestschrift: Essays in Honor of John DeFrancis Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard by David Moser Dept. of Asian Languages and Cultures University of Michigan
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