Chinese Dialects and
Culture Festival
October 1-8, 2023
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AAS invite you to take part in
"Chinese Dialects and Culture Festival"
Last 4 years, we have been holding a festival dedicated to Chinese dialects and culture, where we gather famous speakers of all dialect groups from all over the world.

This year will not be an exception!
  1. Informative lectures
  2. Fascinating interviews
  3. Useful master classes
  4. Conversations about language, culture, dialectology, history, customs, business and so on.
  5. No time constraints on communication! Each speaker will have their own room where they can present their topic and interact with participants.
The festival will be attended by scientists, foreign researchers and speakers of dialects from all over the world!
We offer:

Спикеры Фестиваля 2022
2022年发言者

  • Sze-Wing Tang
    Sze-Wing Tang is Professor and Chair of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and concurrently serving as Director of the T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre of the Institute of Chinese Studies and Director of the Research Centre for Chinese Language and Linguistics of the CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute.
    粤语词序的问题
    Some Issues of Word Order in Cantonese

    邓思颖
    香港中文大学

    学界不少人认为粤语允许“后置成分”,如所谓“后置状语”或“后置副词”。相对于其他汉语方言来说,这些成分在粤语好像特别丰富。有学者甚至把这种现象延伸到粤语的双宾语、复合名词等现象,认为粤语普遍呈现“后置”的特点。这次讲座以香港粤语为例,着重探讨所谓“后置成分”的性质,并由此讨论语法现象所谓“丰富”的问题。通过语法比较,为方言语法“有无多少”问题定位,并重新思考方言语法研究的方法。
  • Marjorie K.M. Chan
    USA
    The Ohio State University
    "Chinese Operas and Chinese Dialects: A Brief Introduction"
    The Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language was adopted on 31 October 2000 and put into effect on 1 January 2001. Two decades later, Xinhua (2021) announced that “[a]bout 80.72 percent of China’s population spoke Putonghua, or Mandarin Chinese, in 2020, up 27.66 percentage points from 2000.” The rapid increase in ability to use Putonghua also has its downside insofar as its promulgation has led, correspondingly, to a rapid decline in the use of local Chinese dialects, especially among the younger generation.
    Traditional Chinese opera, especially regional opera, provides one of the few avenues approved by the Chinese government for the use of Chinese dialects in the public arena, viewable in live performances and ubiquitous online. This rich heritage is introduced through a college-level Chinese opera course.
  • Алексей Николаевич Алексахин
    Доктор филологических наук, профессор, почётный работник высшего профессионального образования России, профессор кафедры китайского, вьетнамского, тайского и лаосского языков МГИМО МИД России
    Личные местоимения характерные части речи в каждом языке. Фонологические, морфологические и синтаксические параметры личных местоимений в путунхуа, уюй и кэцзяюй.
  • Чэнь Хуаньи
    陈焕仪
    马来亚大学法律系荣誉学士、南京大学中文系硕士、福建师范大学文学博士
    Бакалавр права с отличием, Малайский университет, магистр китайского языка, Нанкинский университет, доктор искусств, Фуцзяньский педагогический университет
    议题:马来西亚“槟城福建话”在多语言环境下的保护和传承及困境
    Защита, наследование и дилемма “Пенанг Хокиен” в Малайзии в многоязычной среде
  • 肖慧娜
    唱给神听的白字戏
    Родом из Шаньвэя, Гуандун, преподаватель, долгое время преподавала китайский язык в международных школах в Китае и за рубежом.
    肖慧娜来自广东汕尾,职业教育工作者,长期在海内外的国际学校从事中文教学工作。
  • Алсу Иршатовна Сенжапова
    Выпускница кафедры китайской филологии ИСАА МГУ. Во время обучения в Институте стран Азии и Африки в течение трех лет под чутким руководством Артемия Михайловича Карапетьянца изучала тайваньский идиом, его лексический и фонетический аспекты.
    Тема выступления: Соотношение фонетики тайваньского идиома и диалектных точек миньнаньхуа в КНР
    Краткое описание темы: Во время выступления мне бы хотелось рассказать о своем опыте всестороннего изучения особенностей фонетической системы тайваньского идиома и попытках соотнести их с фонетическими особенностями диалектных точек южноминьской группы диалектов в КНР.
  • Ван Кай
    王凯
    华东师范大学留学生办公室 王凯
    Отдел иностранных студентов Восточно-Китайского педагогического университета
    议题:沪语中的歌声
    沪语的音调是学习时的难点,也是沪语中最有意思的部分,除了可以用音高来定音之外,音准也是学好的关键。既然这样,何不用钢琴来定音呢?
  • Andy Chin
    Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. Andy's research interests include Cantonese linguistics, linguistic typology, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics. In 2012, Andy developed The Corpus of Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Cantonese which won the Gold Medal and Special Award in the 2019 Silicon Valley International Invention Festival. The CanPro mobile app won a silver medal in the Geneva’s Inventions Expo in 2021.

    “From Humanities to Digital Humanities: Cantonese studies in the big data era”
    (Lectorium:https://t.me/+WA09nhkk7FYwY2Iy)
    Digital technology has created a significant impact on traditional humanities studies, and the term "Digital Humanities" was coined to reflect this new trend. This talk will discuss, by means of a Cantonese digital archive developed at EdUHK, how Cantonese studies can be undertaken with the digital humanities approach. The data of the one-million-character archive was obtained by transcribing the dialogues of 80 Cantonese movies produced in Hong Kong in the mid-20th century. The archive not only documents, preserves, and revitalizes Cantonese, but also allows us to explore the inter-relationship between language, society and culture.

  • Владислав Владиславович Круглов
    Кандидат филологических наук, преподаватель кафедры китайского и других языков МГИМО МИД Росси, старший преподаватель кафедры китайского языка ИИЯ МГПУ, сотрудник кафедры ЮНЕСКО ИСАА МГУ.
    "Принципы разработки учебно-методических пособий по кантонскому диалекту: зарубежный опыт"

    В выступлении будут освещены основные принципы разработки учебников и учебных пособий по кантонскому диалекту китайского языка (粤语) на основе зарубежных разработок. В ряде ведущих востоковедческих вузах Запада (SOAS, Princeton, Ca Foscari и др.) кантонский диалект преподается как элективный или специальный курс, имеются учебные пособия по этому диалекту.
  • 欧阳澜
    欧阳澜,华中科技大学博士,加拿大布鲁克大学全球学者计划成员和访问学者,湖北第二师范学院副教授。中国方言学会会员,中国少数民族语言学会会员。发表论文30余篇,主持各级各类课题20余项。主要研究方向:中国的语言与语文教育、生态文学与生态教育。

    议题: «广西桂北平话的词汇研究—龙胜和平乡为例»
    广西龙胜各族自治县的红瑶讲的优念话属于桂北平话,本文根据作者实地语言调查所获得第一手语言材料,整理分析了该方言土语的词汇特点。

  • Xuan Ye
    Xuan Ye is a current PhD student in Chinese linguistics at the Ohio State University. Her research interests are Chinese dialects, sociolinguistics and Chinese operas.

    Topic: “Languages and Identities in Shanghainese Digital Media”
    This presentation will analyze representative characters in Shanghainese digital media through the lens of their language usages. The language choices they make, whether to speak the Shanghai dialect, Shanghainese-accented Mandarin or the standard Mandarin, reflect how they want to identify themselves. For example, the non-local saleswoman, Wang Manni in the TV show sānshí ér yǐ 三十而已(“Nothing but Thirties”) speaks Shanghainese accented Mandarin to please her customers and to fit in better. 

  • Yuhong Zhu
    I am a PhD candidate from the Department of Linguistics at The Ohio State University. Most of my work focuses on phonological theory, and Suzhou Chinese has been my main source of linguistic data. I am born and raised in Suzhou, and learned the local variety as a second dialect (after Mandarin Chinese).
    “Sociolinguistics of Suzhou Chinese: Sound Change, Language Preservation & Revitalization​“
    In this presentation I will briefly describe three major sociolinguistic topic concerning Suzhou Chinese (蘇州話,蘇州方言,蘇州閒話): the recent sound change over living generations, major language policies influencing the usage of the language, and recent revitalization and preservation attempts. The presentation will be 20-30 minutes long.
Chinese dialects festival
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Informational Partner

Our partners

Types and forms of participation

Choose from the list or suggest your own!
Lectures
We invite scientists, postgraduates and magisters involved in studying Chinese dialects or topics connected to take part in our Festival! Join us at any convenient time.

Formats:

  • classical online lecture;
  • recorded lecture (if you have a recorded lecture, we will be happy to post it);
  • online lecture (if you plan to participate with your colleagues);
  • interview (we will prepare the questions and record an interview with you in advance);
  • conversation with a scientist (you can have a scientific conversation with a limited number of persons using a chat or a video);
You can also suggest your own format!
Presentations of new books, projects and products

Have you created something new? Do you want to talk about yourself and offer your services or products?

During the Festival a special section will be organized, where you can present your project or product!*


These can be services, websites, manuals, stores, and so on. Everything that could be interesting to Sinologists.

Surprise us!

The format can be either in the form of live communication or a recorded video.


During the Festival publishers will be presenting the new books of 2022. Presentations prepared by authors, publishing companies` and shops` quizzes will be taking place every day.

Join our Festival!


*(projects related to dialects and regions where they are spoken are a priority)
Conversations
We invite native speakers of dialects and practitioners who work with dialects to hold a conversation on a practical topical subject or share experiences. You can choose any time during the day.

Formats:

  • lecture (online);
  • section (if you plan to participate with colleagues);
  • interview (we are going to prepare questions and pre-record an interview with you);

You can suggest your own format.

Scientific section

Our volunteers select interesting and useful material for each dialect group, that can be helpful in research.


If you have written an article, a book, a monograph, created a resource or any other content that could help other researchers, send us an e-mail, we will publish it.

Special offers and events from Festival partners
Have an unforgettable experience of participating in events prepared by Festival partners and find out about the great and unique offers presented during the Festival.
Interesting facts and useful links
Interesting and informative materials will be published on all our social media every day.

Do you specialize in dialects? We can introduce you!
Networking of sinologists
During the Festival, you will be able to meet colleagues and discuss new projects face to face in a convenient video format without leaving the Festival page.
Classes
You can find short lessons on dialects on a special platform. Learn how to say a few phrases and surprise your friends!
What will be special at the Dialects Festival:
  • The Festival will be available 15 days: 8 days of the festival and 7 days of access to the content
    The festival will be held live for 8 days, and then for another 7 days you will be able to visit an exhibition of books from publishers, watch recordings of lectures, get acquainted with interesting content that will be collected.
  • Convenient conference platform
    We will introduce you to the platform that hosts AAS conferences (including Open Dialogues on Teaching). It opens up a wide range of opportunities for online events.
  • Participants from different regions and foreign countries
    You can participate from anywhere in the world with a stable internet connection! Invite your friends and colleagues from all over the world!
  • There will be enough time for everyone to perform
    There will be no more long wait, inconvenient time or lack of time. You can choose any time during the day to perform and invite colleagues!
  • Wide variety of content
    We want to please everyone, and it`s possible! Is it your first experience with Chinese dialects? Do you study Chinese professionally? Do you do business or pursue science? We will try to find something interesting for everyone!
28 countries
More than 650 people
How was it last year?
23 speakers
More than 4000 likes
8 quizzes on dialects
More than 400 posts
300 comments
More than 900 entries in lectures
Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of Chinese dialects!

IF YOU JUST WANT TO LISTEN AND WATCH

Access to the Festival will be opened 24 hours before the start.

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Registration for speakers
If you want to be a part of the Dialect Festival, we invite you to speak on linguistic and cultural topics related to the people who speak the dialect, their life, history, etc.
Participation is free! You can speak in Chinese and English.
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How our Festival was held in 2019, 2020
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