Complete Modern Chinese Grammar

Author : Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma,Baozhang He
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
ISBN : 9780415700115

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook by Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma,Baozhang He Pdf

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is a book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Mandarin Chinese. Divided into two sections, the Workbook initially provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures, and moves on to practise everyday functions such as making introductions, apologizing and expressing needs. With a comprehensive answer key at the back to enable students to check on their progress, main features include: exercises graded according to level of difficulty cross-referencing to the related Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar topical exercises that develop students' vocabulary base. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students. It can be used both independently and alongside the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar.

Author : Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma,Pei-Chia Chen,Baozhang He,Meng Yeh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000998757

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar by Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma,Pei-Chia Chen,Baozhang He,Meng Yeh Pdf

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide, third edition, is an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional grammar points such as phrase order, and the structure of noun phrases and verb phrases. Part B is carefully organized around language functions and situations such as: Asking questions Communication strategies Making comparisons Giving orders and making requests Expressing apologies, regrets, and sympathy The two parts of the Grammar are closely linked by extensive cross-references, providing a grammatical and functional perspective on many patterns. The Grammar is coordinated with the Workbook, which provides grammar-focused and situation-focused exercises to facilitate practice and reinforce language use. All grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples presented in simplified and traditional characters and Pinyin romanization, with a strong emphasis on contemporary usage. This third edition includes new sections on character structure, social media, speaker perspective, and more, as well as updated illustrative sentences and an expanded index. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students.

Author : Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317805441

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar by Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma Pdf

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar provides an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional grammatical categories such as phrase order, nouns, verbs and specifiers. Part B is carefully organized around language functions and notions such as: Communication strategies Making comparisons Giving and seeking information Expressing apologies, regrets and sympathies The two parts of the Grammar are closely linked by extensive cross-references, providing a grammatical and functional perspective on many patterns. All grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples, with a strong focus on contemporary usage. Main features of the grammar include: Examples given in simplified characters, traditional characters and romanization (pinyin) Clear explanations and accessible descriptions Particular attention to areas of particular difficulty for learners of Mandarin Chinese Implementing feedback from users of the first edition of the Grammar, this second edition has been revised throughout to offer expanded explanations, examples, cross-referencing, and indexing and brand new chapters on aspect, resultative verbs, directional verbs and "ba" sentences. This is the ideal reference grammar for learners of Mandarin Chinese at all levels, from elementary to advanced. No prior knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed and a glossary of grammatical terms is provided. This Grammar is accompanied by the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (978-0-415-83488-9; available for separate purchase) which features related exercises and activities.

Author : Claudia Ross,Jing-Heng Sheng Ma,Baozhang He,Pei-Chia Chen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317654049

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook by Claudia Ross,Jing-Heng Sheng Ma,Baozhang He,Pei-Chia Chen Pdf

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is a book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Mandarin Chinese. Divided into two sections, the Workbook initially provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures, and moves on to practice everyday functions such as making introductions, apologizing and expressing needs. With an extensive answer key at the back to enable students to check on their progress, main features include: exercises at various levels of challenge for a broad range of learners cross-referencing to the related Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar a comprehensive index to exercises alphabetically arranged in terms of structures, functions, and key Chinese structure vocabulary. This second edition also offers a revised and expanded selection of exercises including new task-based exercises. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students. It can be used both independently and alongside the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar (978-0-415-82714-0), which is also published by Routledge.

Author : Paul C Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1909601047

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Complete Modern Chinese Grammar by Paul C Brown Pdf

This book provides questions and answers for the second half of the grammar taught in Complete Modern Chinese grammar - Beginner to Intermediate. The grammar is sufficient to pass HSK 1, 2 and 3. In addition, the main aim of this book is to get students to use Mandarin for both speaking and writing. The methodology considers repetition as a core requisite to remember and thus use Mandarin both effectively and accurately. There are 70 units, and each unit contains relevant questions directly pertaining to that unit as well as previous ones. There is a constant focus on using newly obtained knowledge and previous knowledge to build up a thorough understanding of how and when to use Mandarin. Naturally, throughout the units, students should note that all the words that are taught are to be learned, thus they can facilitate a reasonably robust vocabulary. By the end of book 2, all students will be able to speak and write at a level that will surpass everyday Mandarin. Indeed, it is expected that students should be fluent in expressing themselves clearly and directly; discuss various kinds of topics; and be able to communicate about events in the past, present and future. Ultimately, it is hoped that students are not simply interested in passing the HSK test, but trying to be able to converse with native-Mandarin speakers in real-life situations. The true test for any language learner is using the language, not passing a test.

Author : Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma,Pei-Chia Chen,Baozhang He,Meng Yeh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000998825

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar by Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma,Pei-Chia Chen,Baozhang He,Meng Yeh Pdf

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide, third edition, is an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional grammar points such as phrase order, and the structure of noun phrases and verb phrases. Part B is carefully organized around language functions and situations such as: • Asking questions • Communication strategies • Making comparisons • Giving orders and making requests • Expressing apologies, regrets, and sympathy The two parts of the Grammar are closely linked by extensive cross-references, providing a grammatical and functional perspective on many patterns. The Grammar is coordinated with the Workbook, which provides grammar-focused and situation-focused exercises to facilitate practice and reinforce language use. All grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples presented in simplified and traditional characters and Pinyin romanization, with a strong emphasis on contemporary usage. This third edition includes new sections on character structure, social media, speaker perspective, and more, as well as updated illustrative sentences and an expanded index. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students.

Author : Fuyi Xing
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317519072

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Modern Chinese Grammar - a Clause-Pivot Approach by Fuyi Xing Pdf

Modern Chinese Grammar provides a comprehensive coverage of Chinese grammar through the clause-pivot theory and the double triangle approach, first proposed by Fuyi Xing in 1996. Translated into English for the first time, the book is widely regarded by linguists as a seminal text, and ground-breaking in linguistics research. The book contains discussion of the topics which are essential to Chinese grammar, from words and phrases, to complex sentences and sentence groups. It addresses such controversial issues as word class identification, the distinction between words and phrases, and between clauses and complex sentences. The book also shows, through a wealth of examples, how the clause-pivot theory and the double triangle approach can be applied productively in grammatical studies. Modern Chinese Grammar: A Clause-Pivot Theoretical Approach is an essential purchase for researchers and graduate students of Chinese grammar and syntax.

Author : Yip Po-Ching,Don Rimmington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317556459

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Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar by Yip Po-Ching,Don Rimmington Pdf

Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Chinese grammar which presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Chinese. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Chinese grammar. It offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language and provides full and clear explanations. Throughout, the emphasis is on Chinese as used by present-day native speakers. An extensive index and numbered paragraphs provide readers with easy access to the information they require. The new edition features a revised and expanded chapter on prosody (Prosody and Syntax), as well as four completely new chapters: • Morphology and Syntax (I) looks at Chinese word formation • Morphology and Syntax (II) explores the interaction between words, expressions and sentences • Intralingual Transpositions reviews the possible conversions between sentential constructions • Interlingual Conversions examines the differences between Chinese and English. The Grammar is an essential reference source for the adult learner and user of Chinese. It is ideal for independent study and for use in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes, up to an advanced level.

Author : Claudia Ross,Jing-Heng Ma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:473905897

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar by Claudia Ross,Jing-Heng Ma Pdf

Author : Paul C. Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1909601055

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Complete Modern Chinese Grammar: Beginner to Intermediate by Paul C. Brown Pdf

A word from the author: Having spent years trying to learn Chinese the traditional way, I quickly realised that the logic behind it was not suitable for me. Therefore, as a teacher I have spent the last 5 years designing a series of Chinese grammar books that allow a native-born English speaker to go from English grammar to Chinese, rather than the traditional way of starting from Chinese grammar and then relating it to English grammar. In this way, a native-born English speaker, who thinks in English, can learn to translate from English to Chinese using this style of learning. Who is this book for? This book is for anyone wishing to learn how to use Chinese for speaking, reading and writing. The information contained within this book is enough to pass HSK 3, but the book itself is designed to get non-native speakers to use Chinese effectively on a day-to-day basis. You might want to send messages, write emails, conduct in-depth conversations, or give presentations in Chinese. If so, then the beginner to intermediate edition provides all the grammar needed to communicate with native Chinese people about everyday issues. How to use the book: The book is divided into 140 units, and after every 7 units there is a summary page that can be used to review what has been studied. With this book, students will start learning simple nouns, then simple sentences and finally finishing on intermediate level structures. The tenses that are taught are 'present simple, present continuous, future simple and past simple'. In other words, by the end of the book, students should be able to talk and write about the past, present and future. In fact, there is enough information contained within that students should be able to live and work in China without fear of making any mistakes or not being able to communicate an everyday idea or opinion.

Author : Yuzhi Shi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027230625

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The Establishment of Modern Chinese Grammar by Yuzhi Shi Pdf

This book investigates historical motivations for the emergence of the resultative construction in Chinese from the following four aspects: (a) disyllabification, (b)adjacent context, (c) semantic integrity, and (d) frequency of co-occurence of a pair of verb and resultative. The author also addresses a series of grammatical changes and innovations caused by the formation of this resultative construction, such as the development of aspect, mood, verb reduplication, the new predicate structure, the disposal construction, the passive construction, the verb copying construction, and the new topicalization construction, all of which together shape the grammatical system of Modern Chinese. The present analysis raises and discusses a number of theoretical issues that are meaningful to various linguistic disciplines like pragmatics, discourse analysis, grammaticalization, and general historical linguistics.

Author : John Marney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Chinese language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037183758

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A Handbook of Modern Chinese Grammar by John Marney Pdf

Author : Claudia Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0415834880

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar by Claudia Ross Pdf

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar is an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.Divided into two sections closely linked by extensive cross-references, it covers:traditional grammatical categories such as phrase order, nouns, verbs and specifiers language functions and notions such as communication strategies, giving and seeking information, expressing apologies, regrets and sympathies.With all grammar points and functions richly illustrated with examples, and a strong emphasis on contemporary usage, the main features of this Grammar include examples in simplified characters, traditional characters, and romanization (Pinyin) as well as an emphasis on areas of particular difficulty for learners of Mandarin Chinese.This is the ideal reference grammar for learners of Mandarin Chinese at all levels, from elementary to advanced. No prior knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed and a glossary of grammatical terms is provided. Featuring related exercises and activities, this Grammar is accompanied by the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook

Author : Peter Peverelli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783662465042

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The History of Modern Chinese Grammar Studies by Peter Peverelli Pdf

This book discusses the way Chinese scholars developed a national grammar. Chinese didn’t develop grammar until China’s contact with Western grammar books in the 19th Century. The first indigenous grammar was published in 1889. It included some traditional notions, but mainly imitated European grammar. It was followed by a number of other similar works. To move away from this imitation, a group of grammarians started to look into the Chinese tradition of commenting on classics. This led to a variety of alternative grammars. After the war, Western linguistics started to gain influence in China. With the establishment of the PRC in 1949, efforts began to have a standard grammar adopted nationwide. The first attempt at such a grammar was published in 1956. This book spans the period 1898 – 1956.This book combines historiography and linguistics to distinguish different periods in the timespan covered. It shows how the development of a national grammar cannot be studied separately from language policies and discussions on the national language. The description of each period includes a general introduction of the relevant events in that period and a treatment of the major works of grammar.

Author : Claudia Ross,Jing Heng Sheng Ma,Pei-Chia Chen,Baozhang He,Meng Ye
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032658592

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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar by Claudia Ross,Jing Heng Sheng Ma,Pei-Chia Chen,Baozhang He,Meng Ye Pdf

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide, and Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook, both in their third edition, provide an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, alongside exercises and language tasks to facilitate practice and reinforce language use. The Grammar is divided into two parts. Part A covers traditional grammar points such as phrase order, and the structure of noun phrases, and verb phrases. Part B is carefully organized around language functions and situations such as: - Asking questions - Communication strategies - Making comparisons - Giving orders and making requests - Expressing apologies, regrets, and sympathy Meanwhile, the Workbook's main features include: Exercises at various levels of challenge for a broad range of learners Cross-referencing to the related Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar A comprehensive index to exercises alphabetically arranged in terms of structures, functions, and key Chinese structure vocabulary. An extensive answer key at the back to enable students to check on their progress, The third edition includes new sections on character structure, social media, speaker perspective, updated illustrative sentences, exapanded exercises including new task-based exercises, and an expanded index. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students.