Basic Chinese

A Grammar and Workbook
3 ed
ISBN: 978-1-041-24202-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Grammar Workbooks

Basic Chinese introduces the essentials of Chinese grammar in a comprehensive and accessible volume. Each unit in this third edition is enhanced by a brand-new Grammar and Beyond section, discussing sentence construction, word-formation and character-innovation to form an overall picture of the make-up of the Chinese language as a whole.

Each of the 25 units deals with a particular grammatical point and provides associated exercises. All Chinese entries are presented in both Pinyin romanization and Chinese characters, and are accompanied, in most cases, by English translations to facilitate self-tuition as well as classroom teaching in both spoken and written Chinese.

Features include:

- a clear and accessible format

- many useful language examples

- jargon-free explanations of grammar

- ample drills and exercises

- a full answer key

Basic Chinese is designed for class-based or independent study at beginner level, providing the essential tools needed to communicate in the Chinese language in a variety of situations.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Po-Ching, Yip

Rimmington, Don

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 Nouns: singular and plural

2 Definite and indefinite reference and demonstratives

3 Personal pronouns

4 Interrogative pronouns

5 Numbers

6 Measure words

7 Indefinite plurals

8 Times and dates

9 More interrogative expressions

10 Adjectives: attributive and predicative

11 shì and you

12 Comparisons

13 Verbs and location expressions

14 Verbs and time expressions

15 Verbs and aspect markers

16 Modal verbs

17 Negators

18 Types of question (1)

19 Types of question (2)

20 Imperatives and exclamations

21 Complements of direction and location (or destination)

22 Complements of result and manner

23 Potential complements

24 Coverbal phrases

25 Disyllabic prepositions

Über Autor(innen)

Yip Po-Ching is Lecturer in Chinese at Leeds University, UK.

Don Rimmington is Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Leeds, UK.