YouTube Video about Language Choice in Chinese Rap

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded  From:   LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org


Interesting YouTube documentary about the choice of Mandarin vs.
regional languages in Chinese Rap:

http://www.88-bar.com/2009/04/tension-between-national-and-regional-languages-in-chinese-rap/

And don't miss the Chinese origins of Hip-hop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p5OijQOPek

Cheers,

Kerim
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P. Kerim Friedman, Ph.D.
Department of Indigenous Cultures
College of Indigenous Studies
National DongHwa University, TAIWAN
Tel: +886-3-863-5795
http://kerim.oxus.net/
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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

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