Cantonese: Dialect or Language? | Easy Cantonese 6

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00:00 Introduction
01:00 Defining Dialect
02:10 Is Cantonese a dialect?
02:59 Is Cantonese a language?
03:02 Defining Language
04:04 Why defining Cantonese as a language is not totally accurate
04:32 Introducing Topolect/Regional Languages
05:33 Topolect vs Dialect
06:27 Topolects in China
07:07 Myths about Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese
07:26 Language Policy in China
08:15 Chinese Written Script
09:13 Conclusion

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Clarifications:
06;53 Instead of 北方話, it is more accurate to say 官話. In addition, 普通話 Mandarin is a variety of 官話.
06;58 Cantonese/廣東話 is just one variety of the Yue family of spoken languages

References:
Language, Dialect and Standard Languages:
Chapter 2 from Hudson, R. (1996). Sociolinguistics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Why we do not called topolects in China separate "languages"?
Chapter 10. 1 from Dong, H. (2014). A History of the Chinese Language (1st ed.). Routledge.
Modern Standard Chinese:
Chapter 6.1 from Norman, J., Anderson, S. R., Bresnan, J., Comrie, B., Dressler, W., Ewen, C., & Lass, R. (1988). Chinese. Cambridge University Press.
Language Policy and Written Script:
Chapter 10 from Norman, J., Anderson, S. R., Bresnan, J., Comrie, B., Dressler, W., Ewen, C., & Lass, R. (1988). Chinese. Cambridge University Press.
Chinese Regional Languages Classification:
Chapter 8 from Norman, J., Anderson, S. R., Bresnan, J., Comrie, B., Dressler, W., Ewen, C., & Lass, R. (1988). Chinese. Cambridge University Press.
Map of Languages in China:
Wyunhe / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
The term "topolect":
Chapter 1.4 from Dong, H. (2014). A History of the Chinese Language (1st ed.). Routledge.
Mair, Victor. (1991). “What is a Chinese “dialect/topolect”? Reflections on some key Sino-English linguistic terms". Sino-Platonic Papers, 29.

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Subtitles and Fact check: Chi Ling Hoi (Kaya)
Host, Camera, Editing, Subtitles: Ho Hoi Wan (Vanessa)

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