Reasons for failure and implications on later standardization efforts. Standardization of the Chinese language

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Chinese / China, grade: 1,0, University of Göttingen, language: English, abstract: The following term paper deals with the question how the standardization of languages developed around the foundation of the Republic of China. In addition to that, the author tries to assess why the first attempt of standardization and its man...