Practical Chinese Usage

Common Words and Phrases
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-57936-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 637 g

Practical Chinese Usage offers post-beginner to near advanced students of Chinese a guide to the most frequently misused and confusing words in the language.

- Entries are arranged in alphabetical order for ease of reference

- Sample sentences with pinyin and English translations are provided after each explanation

- Examples of typical mistakes made by students are clearly marked throughout

- Each entry is annotated in accordance with the New HSK guidelines, indicating the level of difficulty

Practical Chinese Usage provides students of Chinese with the necessary tools to refine their use of expressions and synonyms in order to communicate effectively in the Chinese language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wu, Emma L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Foreword

Abbreviations

Words and phrases

Glossary

Bibliography

Pinyin index

Über Autor(innen)

Emma L. Wu obtained her BA in English Education from Dalian Foreign Langauges University (formerly, Dalian Foreign Languages Institute), China, and her MA in Translation Studies and postgraduate diploma in Conference Interpreting from Leeds University, UK. She has been teaching Chinese since 1996, including at the University of Edinburgh, Manchester College of Arts and Technology and the University of Leeds. She joined Cambridge University in 2003 and has been teaching Chinese there ever since. She is interested in generative grammar, syntax and second language acquisition research from the perspective of psycholinguistics.