谁会讲普通话？

The late Jerry Norman, who is considered by many to be one of the best Chinese linguists of the second half of the 20th century and the early part of the 21st century, once told me privately that he thought that there were at least 300 different varieties of Mandarin that were more or less mutually unintelligible, and that they were essentially different languages, not dialects.

Namely, when a high-ranking Chinese leader is speaking on television, even though we see his mouth moving, we almost never hear his voice. Instead, someone speaking CCTV MSM will summarize what the great leader is saying.
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Is it because they fear the leaders should be perceived as faultless in speech, whereas everyone is bound to make mistakes big and small when speaking? Or is it because very few of China's leaders speak anything close to MSM?

he-li wrote:

用普通话朗读唐诗宋词很押韵，声调好听。

不知道用闽南话或其他方言朗诵唐诗宋词，会不会很别扭？也许唐诗宋词就是用普通话写的？

Rita Pang wrote:



顺畅交流非常重要，普通话教育一定要做的好，可是摒弃方言只会是中国的损失。就说广东话把，这是一个古老的语言，分9声，很多用词用字等反映了旧时代一直流传下来的东西，美极、有意思之极。

至于某些方言只能说是口音一说，这我不太认同。中国方言当中有些当然是自成一格的，语言学中所谓“mutually unintelligible" （不能相互明白），但当一个方言在演变下开始加入自己的地方特色,长久下去会演变成一个独立方言。当然，它们还是属于同一个语言体系，而且如果分别只是在于发音方面能被区分的话，那的确只能是accent，不是dialect.

THE ANSWER 3 wrote:


很同意你的说法。所谓打破语言壁垒，实现普通话大一统，听上去似乎姿态很高，其实是一种非常短视、狭隘的观点。在我看来与焚书坑儒无异。不尊重文化本身的多样性，跟韩国女人整容没什么区别。

Frank Wang wrote:

每个人愿意说什么方言就说什么方言，愿意保护哪种方言就保护哪种方言，谁也干涉不了，但是有个普通话不是很方便吗，说得标准与否不重要，重要的是能听懂。

Phil Hand wrote:

普通话带来的方便我并不否认（我根本不会说闽南话！），但客观来讲，普通话的快速普及是一种“文化暴力”，甚至包括身体暴力的过程。

Phil Hand wrote:

什么干扰不了，讲方言的小孩在学校里挨打不是干扰吗？在闽南地区，至少在我老婆上学的90年代，只要人在校园内就不准讲闽南话，包括课间玩耍时，老师一听闽南话就惩罚小孩了。现在不用，我儿子的小学里没有一个小朋友愿意说闽南话。
普通话带来的方便我并不否认（我根本不会说闽南话！），但客观来讲，普通话的快速普及是一种“文化暴力”，甚至包括身体暴力的过程。

wherestip wrote:

Seems to me that that's something you'd have to pick up with the local authorities. I doubt it has anything to do with public policies that come from the top.

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Phil Hand wrote:


什么干扰不了，讲方言的小孩在学校里挨打不是干扰吗？在闽南地区，至少在我老婆上学的90年代，只要人在校园内就不准讲闽南话，包括课间玩耍时，老师一听闽南话就惩罚小孩了。现在不用，我儿子的小学里没有一个小朋友愿意说闽南话。
普通话带来的方便我并不否认（我根本不会说闽南话！），但客观来讲，普通话的快速普及是一种“文化暴力”，甚至包括身体暴力的过程。

Phil Hand wrote:

什么干扰不了，讲方言的小孩在学校里挨打不是干扰吗？在闽南地区，至少在我老婆上学的90年代，只要人在校园内就不准讲闽南话，包括课间玩耍时，老师一听闽南话就惩罚小孩了。现在不用，我儿子的小学里没有一个小朋友愿意说闽南话。
普通话带来的方便我并不否认（我根本不会说闽南话！），但客观来讲，普通话的快速普及是一种“文化暴力”，甚至包括身体暴力的过程。