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104: Language: Mandarin Chinese History with David Moser, Author of "A Billion Voices"
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English - December 06, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes - 37 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Can the making of a language be a riveting story? Yes, yes, and A Billion Voices". (https://www.economist.com/node/21708731/all-comments)
Full show notes here: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/104-language-mandarin-chinese-history-with-david-moser-author-of-a-billion-voices (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/104-language-mandarin-chinese-history-with-david-moser-author-of-a-billion-voices)
Can the making of a language be a riveting story? Yes, yes, and 对啊. According to Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopats Guest David Moser, for modern day Mandarin Chinese there are power struggles, harsh words, a jazz music studio and a bit of Abbot and Costello behavior that contributed to the language story. In this conversation, David and I chat about his story and people packed book about the manufacturing of modern day Mandarin Chinese via his book "A Billion Voices".
Full show notes here: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/104-language-mandarin-chinese-history-with-david-moser-author-of-a-billion-voices