LINGUIST List 17.1923

Fri Jun 30 2006

Books: Language Description: Lin

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Directory         1.    Ulrich Lueders, A Grammar of Mandarin Chinese: Lin
Message 1: A Grammar of Mandarin Chinese: Lin
Date: 28-Jun-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders <lincom.europat-online.de>
Subject: A Grammar of Mandarin Chinese: Lin


Title: A Grammar of Mandarin Chinese Series Title: Languages of the World/Materials 344 Published: 2006 Publisher: Lincom GmbH
                http://www.lincom.at

Author: Hua Lin, University of Victoria Paperback: ISBN: 3895866423 Pages: 200 Price: Europe EURO 56.90
Abstract:

Mandarin Chinese is the official language in China, Taiwan and Singapore,and the language with the largest number of native speakers. In recentyears, Mandarin usage has spread even further: it is now taught in mostschools in Hong Kong, and with the influx of immigrants to the West fromChina and Taiwan, many parts of the world including Canada, the UnitedStates, Australia, and Europe have seen a steady increase in the number ofspeakers. Mandarin is not a homogeneous language; any grammar that triesto describe it needs to select one region as its focus. In this book, thefocus will be on Mandarin as is spoken in its motherland of Northern China,especially the Chinese capital of Beijing.

The book will begin by an introduction to the geographic characteristics,dialects and historical development of the language. This will be followedby Mandarin phonetics and phonology. Topics covered include the syllable,tones, the consonants, the vowels, the glides and, more importantly, howthese interact to create the sound structure of the language. A descriptionof the morphology will follow, addressing special features of the languagein terms of compounding, reduplication, word stress, and disyllabicity.The remainder of the book will be devoted to Mandarin syntax. It will firstoutline the major parts of speech and the major types of phrases; then itwill focus on some salient syntactic features, including the topic-commentstructure, the serial-verb construction, and the de- construction. The bookwill end with two sample texts, each accompanied by interlinear translationand free translation.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Description
Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Written In: English (eng )

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