A Thematic Dictionary Of Contemporary Chinese

Author : Liwei Jiao,Yan Yang,Wei Liu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317330318

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A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese by Liwei Jiao,Yan Yang,Wei Liu Pdf

A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a unique resource for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese. The dictionary presents 9,000 words organized thematically in 300 different subject areas. These themes cover the vocabulary necessary for daily use and for conducting meaningful conversations with native Chinese speakers on a variety of topics, from politics to business, and from hobbies to education. Each vocabulary item is annotated with the most frequent collocations allowing learners to improve their fluency by storing new vocabulary in larger linguistic units. Cultural and linguistic tips enable learners to grasp the vocabulary more effectively and increase their awareness of Chinese culture embedded in the language. Review exercises are provided throughout to ensure learners have ample opportunity to practice the new material. This is a great resource for both independent study and classroom use and will be of interest to students and teachers of Chinese alike. For further understanding of Chinese expressions, students are encouraged to read 500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions and 500 Common Chinese Idioms.

Author : Liwei Jiao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000713022

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A Cultural Dictionary of The Chinese Language by Liwei Jiao Pdf

A Cultural Dictionary of the Chinese Language introduces the 500 most important cultural traits of the Chinese as reflected in language use, especially in Chinese idioms (chengyu), proverbs and colloquial expressions (suyu). Communicative competence, the ultimate goal of language learning, consists of not only linguistic, but intercultural competence, which enables the language learner to speak with fluency and understanding. The Chinese language is richly imbued with cultural wisdoms and values underlying the appropriateness of idioms in the Chinese language. The Dictionary provides Intermediate and B1-C1 level learners as well as scholars of the Chinese language with an essential reference book as well as a useful cultural reader.

Author : Li-hua Ying
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781538130063

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Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature by Li-hua Ying Pdf

Modern Chinese literature has been flourishing for over a century, with varying degrees of intensity and energy at different junctures of history and points of locale. An integral part of world literature from the moment it was born, it has been in constant dialogue with its counterparts from the rest of the world. As it has been challenged and enriched by external influences, it has contributed to the wealth of literary culture of the entire world. In terms of themes and styles, modern Chinese literature is rich and varied; from the revolutionary to the pastoral, from romanticism to feminism, from modernism to post-modernism, critical realism, psychological realism, socialist realism, and magical realism. Indeed, it encompasses a full range of ideological and aesthetic concerns. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. It offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Chinese literature.

Author : Ge Benyi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351269506

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Modern Chinese Lexicology by Ge Benyi Pdf

Centring on "words" which connect vocabulary and semantic morphemes, this book makes a systemic and in-depth analysis on the study of modern Chinese lexicology. Firstly, it clarifies the definitions and properties of vocabulary, words and semantic morphemes in Chinese. Then the structure forms of Chinese words are examined. It is worth noting that this research is one of the first to distinguish word formation and lexical morphology. It observes that word formation studies how neologisms are coined, while lexical morphology refers to the ways in which semantic morphemes are combined with each other. On word meaning and its clustering, it discusses the relationship between word meaning and concept, as well as the criteria and principles of the clustering. Specifically, it studies monosemes, polysemes, synonyms, near-synonyms, antonyms, etc., including their characteristics and types. Lastly, it explores the evolution of word meaning and its laws, as well as the dynamic form of vocabulary. This book will be a valuable reference for scholars and students in linguistics, especially in Chinese lexical studies.

Author : Edward L. Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0203685962

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Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture by Edward L. Davis Pdf

Author : Yutang Lin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:633477630

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Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage by Yutang Lin Pdf

Author : Wen-shun Chi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0520026551

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Chinese-English Dictionary of Contemporary Usage by Wen-shun Chi Pdf

00 This volume of more than 20,000 terms is intended as an aid to the reading of newspapers, periodicals, and other materials published in the People's Republic. It assumes that the user will already have acquired a foundation in "traditional" Chinese; it is not, therefore, a complete dictionary. Instead, by concentrating on new terms and expressions not easily found translated or explained elsewhere, it should be a valuable supplement to the older, standard Chinese-English dictionaries. This volume of more than 20,000 terms is intended as an aid to the reading of newspapers, periodicals, and other materials published in the People's Republic. It assumes that the user will already have acquired a foundation in "traditional" Chinese; it is not, therefore, a complete dictionary. Instead, by concentrating on new terms and expressions not easily found translated or explained elsewhere, it should be a valuable supplement to the older, standard Chinese-English dictionaries.

Author : Lin Yutang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0317593129

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Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage by Lin Yutang Pdf

Author : Martin Stark
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110258899

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Bilingual Thematic Dictionaries by Martin Stark Pdf

This book is concerned with bilingual thematic dictionaries (BTDs). The three chief aims of the research project are: 1) to identify the characteristic features of the bilingual thematic dictionary, 2) to gauge its usefulness, and 3) to make suggestions as to how it could be improved. Various approaches are adopted in order to reveal the nature of the BTD. The typological approach considers the lexicographic genres (bilingual, thematic, and pedagogical) which have been combined to create this hybrid reference work. Particular attention is paid to the BTD's immediate forerunner and closest lexicographic relative: the monolingual thematic learner's dictionary. Detailed textual analyses of contemporary thematic dictionaries identify the characteristic features of the macrostructure, microstructure, and other components from a structural perspective. In order to evaluate the usefulness of the BTD features identified, the textual analyses are supplemented by three pieces of user research involving a questionnaire (to elicit learners' opinions), a test (on the effectiveness of the access structure), and an experiment (to discover how a learner uses a BTD).

Author : Jia-Fei Hong,Yangsen Zhang,Pengyuan Liu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 873 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030381899

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Chinese Lexical Semantics by Jia-Fei Hong,Yangsen Zhang,Pengyuan Liu Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 20th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop, CLSW 2019, held in Chiayi, Taiwan, in June 2019. The 39 full papers and 46 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 254 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: lexical semantics; applications of natural language processing; lexical resources; corpus linguistics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295802442

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Advanced Reader of Contemporary Chinese Short Stories by Anonim Pdf

This reader for advanced students of Chinese presents ten post-1990 short stories by prominent writers such as Su Tong and Yu Hua, whose novels Raise the Red Lantern and To Live served as the basis for internationally acclaimed films. With its captivating content dealing with current social issues, it fills a gap in the literature for advanced language students who are eager to read extensively in “real” literature. Vocabulary lists free the student from the chore of constantly consulting a dictionary while reading, grammar and usage examples highlight new patterns, and questions for discussion explore the literary content. This all-fiction collection of contemporary works can be used as a text in language or literature courses or can be read independently.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9819950082

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Dictionary of Chinese Cultural Knowledge by Anonim Pdf

This dictionary contains nearly 1500 entries and constitutes a core of essential knowledge on Chinese culture in a systematized and modernized form. It offers a professional yet highly readable introduction to Chinese culture for a global academic audience. Organized by subject and keyword, the book is divided into six sections: philosophy and ideology, social governance, literature and history, art and aesthetics, humanities and geography, and artefacts and technology. It contains both core knowledge and diversified information, while covering both historical and contemporary aspects.The target audience chiefly includes sinologists and translators of Chinese books. The dictionary provides the latest information on the full range of Chinese knowledge, an accurate interpretation of Chinese culture, a logically arranged and accessible reference framework and a panoramic experience across the breadth of the subject. It enables readers to grasp the patterns of Chinese culture and its knowledge systems, while also gaining a deeper understanding of contemporary Chinese life.

Author : Linda Tsung,Wei Wang
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268112

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Contemporary Chinese Discourse and Social Practice in China by Linda Tsung,Wei Wang Pdf

Significant socio-political changes in China have had great impact on Chinese discourse. Changes to the discourse have become an increasing focus of scholarship. This book examines contemporary Chinese discourse and social practice in China with a focus on the role that language plays in the on-going transformation of Chinese society. With a view to producing new insights into the interdependence between discourse and social practice, this volume explores how discourse has been changing in a context-dependent way; how social practice can lead to shifts in the use of discourse; and how identities and attitudes are constructed through language use. Largely based on empirical studies, this book indicates that Chinese discourse has not only been an integral part of social change, but also Chinese discourse itself is changing, reflecting ideologies, values, attitudes, identities and social practice. The book is a great resource for scholars in diverse disciplinary studies including linguistics, communication, education, media and political studies concerning contemporary China.

Author : Zhou Xian
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000916683

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Visual Culture in Contemporary China I by Zhou Xian Pdf

As the first volume of a two-volume set that examines the interaction between social transformation and visual culture in contemporary China, this book explores the visual construction of popular culture, avant-garde art, and grassroots media culture. Drawing on an approach of Marxist historic materialism and academic resources of sociology, communication, and art, this study of contemporary China’s visual culture emphasizes two inter-related aspects – the visual construction of society and the social construction of the visual. It seeks to unravel how visual culture is produced and constructed, as well as how it reflects the profound social transformation and reshapes people’s understanding and experience of modernization. In this volume, the contributors revisit popular culture, avant-garde art, and grassroots media culture in contemporary China, analyzing the visual image and representation, and visual culture’s role in social construction. In doing so, the book also reveals the cultural tension of contemporary China, in which the visual aspect figures prominently. This book will serve as an essential read for scholars and students of China studies and cultural studies, as well as all levels of readers interested in visual culture in contemporary China.

Author : Gloria Davies
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-06-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461715559

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Voicing Concerns by Gloria Davies Pdf

Opening a new window into Chinese intellectual discourse, this unique book is a critical engagement with the issues, problems, and meanings of contemporary Chinese intellectual thought. As key participants in these debates who have exercised a significant influence on the development of contemporary Chinese thought, the volume's contributors explore concerns over the role of the intellectual and the outcomes of knowledge production in the humanities. Masterfully translated, these essays provide a wide range of conflicting perspectives on contemporary Chinese intellectuality, yet they share in common the belief held by many Chinese intellectuals in the power of intellectual labor to shape and change social life. By showing how Western social and cultural theory as well as the May Fourth and pre-modern Confucian traditions are being adapted for contemporary Chinese intellectual use, the book highlights how Chinese academics have affirmed an independent critical role for themselves in post-Mao China and the scope of the knowledge industry that they have created and developed since 1979.