Language vs. script
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29443 [languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu]
2016-11-22 06:21
Many of the debates over Chinese language issues that keep coming up on Language Log and elsewhere may be attributed to a small number of basic misunderstandings and disagreements concerning the relationship between speech and writing.
Further, there is quite a bit of nonsense out there, trying to make sweeping generalizations about how Chinese language, culture, and thinking are all interconnected, but usually relying on some weak if not entirely incorrect assumptions about the language.