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Sun, Chaofen, 1952-

Chinese : a linguistic introduction / Chaofen Sun. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages)

Includes bibliographical referencesand index.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Tables; Figures; Preface; Major chronological divisions of Chinese history; Major periods of the Chinese language; Introduction; 1 Historical background of the language; 2 Phonetics of standard Chinese; 3 Chinese morphology 1; 4 Chinese morphology 2; 5 Chinese writing; 6 Chinese language and culture; 7 Chinese syntax 1; 8 Chinese syntax 2; Appendix 1 Phonetic symbols; Appendix 2 Capitalized abbreviations; References; Index.

A comprehensive guide to the linguistic structure of Chinese, providing an accessible introduction to its writing system, pronunciation, grammar and word-formation, and its social, cultural and historical background. It will greatly benefit teachers and learners of Chinese, and also linguists beginning work on the structure of this major world language.


English.

ISBN: 051121894X 9780511218941 0511219628 9780511219627 9780511648359 (electronic bk.) 0511648359 (electronic bk.) 9780511755019 (electronic bk.) 0511755015 (electronic bk.) 1107159865 9781107159860 0511644515 9780511644511 9786612394928 6612394927 1282394924 9781282394926 0511566247 9780511566240

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA662363 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013511805 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chinese language.
Linguistics.
Chinois (Langue)
Linguistique.
linguistics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Chinese.
Chinese language.
Linguistics.
Chinees.
Chinois (langue)
Chinois (Langue)
Écriture chinoise.
Morphologie (Linguistique)
Syntaxe.
Prononciation.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PL1071 / .S86 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 495.18