Understanding the Chinese language : a comprehensive linguistic introduction /
This textbook provides a cohesive and comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of Chinese. It covers all the main subfields of linguistics and explores in turn the sounds, vocabulary, phraseology, syntax, discourse structures and pragmatics of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Summary: | This textbook provides a cohesive and comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of Chinese. It covers all the main subfields of linguistics and explores in turn the sounds, vocabulary, phraseology, syntax, discourse structures and pragmatics of the Chinese language, providing students with a solid foundation with which to understand the Chinese language in a profound fashion. It also offers a free companion website. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 384 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780415634861 (hardback) 0415634865 (hardback) 9780415634885 (paperback) 0415634881 (paperback) |