The Chinese Have a Word for It
| Author | : Boye De Mente |
| Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 2000-09-22 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9780658010781 |
The complete guide to Chinese thought and culture.
The Chinese Have A Word For It
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China in Ten Words
| Author | : Yu Hua |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2012-08-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0307739791 |
From one of China’s most acclaimed writers: a unique, intimate look at the Chinese experience over the last several decades. Framed by ten phrases common in the Chinese vernacular, China in Ten Words uses personal stories and astute analysis to reveal as never before the world’s most populous yet oft-misunderstood nation. In "Disparity," for example, Yu Hua illustrates the expanding gaps that separate citizens of the country. In "Copycat," he depicts the escalating trend of piracy and imitation as a creative new form of revolutionary action. And in "Bamboozle," he describes the increasingly brazen practices of trickery, fraud, and chicanery that are, he suggests, becoming a way of life at every level of society. Witty, insightful, and courageous, this is a refreshingly candid vision of the "Chinese miracle" and all of its consequences.
Kingdom of Characters (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)
| Author | : Jing Tsu |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2022-01-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0735214743 |
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China’s most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century-long fight to make the formidable Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global trade and digital technology. Kingdom of Characters follows the bold innovators who reinvented the Chinese language, among them an exiled reformer who risked a death sentence to advocate for Mandarin as a national language, a Chinese-Muslim poet who laid the groundwork for Chairman Mao's phonetic writing system, and a computer engineer who devised input codes for Chinese characters on the lid of a teacup from the floor of a jail cell. Without their advances, China might never have become the dominating force we know today. With larger-than-life characters and an unexpected perspective on the major events of China’s tumultuous twentieth century, Tsu reveals how language is both a technology to be perfected and a subtle, yet potent, power to be exercised and expanded.
New Approaches to Chinese Word Formation
| Author | : Jerome Lee Packward |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9783110151091 |
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.
The Chinese Language
| Author | : John DeFrancis |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 1986-03-01 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9780824810689 |
"DeFrancis's book is first rate. It entertains. It teaches. It demystifies. It counteracts popular ignorance as well as sophisticated (cocktail party) ignorance. Who could ask for anything more? There is no other book like it. ... It is one of a kind, a first, and I would not only buy it but I would recommend it to friends and colleagues, many of whom are visiting China now and are adding 'two-week-expert' ignorance to the two kinds that existed before. This is a book for everyone." --Joshua A. Fishman, research professor of social sciences, Yeshiva University, New York "Professor De Francis has produced a work of great effectiveness that should appeal to a wide-ranging audience. It is at once instructive and entertaining. While being delighted by the flair of his novel approach, the reader will also be led to ponder on some of the most fundamental problems concerning the relations between written languages and spoken languages. Specifically, he will be served a variety of information on the languages of East Asia, not as dry pedantic facts, but as appealing tidbits that whet the intellectual appetite. The expert will find much to reflect on in this book, for Professor DeFrancis takes nothing for granted." --William S.Y. Wang, professor of linguistics, University of California at Berkeley
The Morphology of Chinese
| Author | : Jerome L. Packard |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2000-08-03 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1139431668 |
This ground breaking study dispels the common belief that Chinese 'doesn't have words' but instead 'has characters'. Jerome Packard's book provides a comprehensive discussion of the linguistic and cognitive nature of Chinese words. It shows that Chinese, far from being 'morphologically impoverished', has a different morphological system because it selects different 'settings' on parameters shared by all languages. The analysis of Chinese word formation therefore enhances our understanding of word universals. Packard describes the intimate relationship between words and their components, including how the identities of Chinese morphemes are word-driven, and offers new insights into the evolution of morphemes based on Chinese data. Models are offered for how Chinese words are stored in the mental lexicon and processed in natural speech, showing that much of what native speakers know about words occurs innately in the form of a hard-wired, specifically linguistic 'program' in the brain.
English-Thai, Thai-English
| Author | : Candido Sesma |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9780933146358 |
Mastering Chinese Words
| Author | : Language Equipped Travelers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2020-05-10 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9781952559426 |
Have you been wanting to learn Chinese but can't find an effective way to increase your vocabulary? Are you tired of boring textbooks containing complicated grammar that you don't really need to get started? Would you like to learn the Chinese language fast by taking a more practical approach? If you answered yes to at least one of these questions, then you're in the right place! This book contains 2500 of the most common Chinese words so you can get a head start compared to those still learning Chinese in a more traditional way. Usually, Chinese textbooks rely on learners to learn the characters. But here, Pinyin is introduced, allowing learners to quickly remember every word. As you will discover, these words will be more than enough for your travels, and you'll start to be able to have conversations in Chinese. This book is well organized with basic words making up part 1 of the book so you can use those simpler words as building blocks for part 2 of the book, which contains words that will increase your Chinese skills even further. Ready to give it a go? Start right away! You'll feel the difference... and everyone else will notice too! Scroll up and click the "add to cart" button now to get started!
Chinese Vocabulary for English Speakers - 9000 Words
| Author | : Andrey Taranov |
| Publisher | : T&p Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-11 |
| Genre | : Chinese language |
| ISBN | : 9781780718606 |
9000-WORD ENGLISH-CHINESE VOCABULARY Knowing and understanding around 9000 Chinese words will give you the ability to read and write with only the minimal use of a dictionary. This knowledge will foster your ability to express your thoughts during conversation in a precise and accurate way. With a little practice and with the added help and experience of having viewed many Chinese films, you will be proud and amazed at your new level of Chinese. You will now see your language level improve to the point where you can say: "Chinese? Absolutely I know it very well." T&P Books vocabularies are intended to help you learn, memorize and review foreign words The dictionary contains over 9000 commonly used words Recommended as additional support material to any language course Meets the needs of both beginners and advanced learners Convenient for daily use, reviewing sessions and self-testing activities Allows you to assess your current vocabulary This book can also be used by foreign learners of English Special features of T&P Books bilingual vocabularies: Words are arranged according to their meaning, not alphabetically Content is presented in three columns to facilitate the reviewing and self-testing processes Each theme is composed of small blocks of similar lexical units The vocabulary offers a convenient and simple transcription for each foreign word This revised edition (August 2013) contains 256 topics: Basic Concepts, Numbers, Colors, Months, Seasons, Units of Measurement, Clothing & Accessories, Food & Nutrition, Restaurant, Family Members, Relatives, Character, Feelings, Emotions, Diseases, City, Town, Sightseeing, Shopping, Money, House, Home, Office, Working in the Office, Marketing, Sports, Education, Computer, Internet, Tools, Nature, Countries, Nationalities and more ... Our Chinese collection includes also vocabularies of 3000, 5000 and 7000 words. All these titles are available as printed books and e-books. For more information please visit www.tpbooks.com. If you have any question, suggestion or feedback, please contact us: [email protected] Chinese dictionary, Chinese vocabulary, Chinese phrasebook, learning Chinese, basic Chinese, books in Chinese, Chinese language
