Mandarin Chinese An Introduction

Name: Mandarin Chinese An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780195540024

ISBN-10: 0195540026

ISBN-13: 9780195540024

Edition: 2000

Authors: Mobo C. F. Gao

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Mandarin Chinese: An Introduction provides a systematic overview of Mandarin Chinese from the perspective of the English-speaking learner. Using a comparative approach, it contrasts grammatical, and other features of Mandarin Chinese language, with relevant issues in English. The book opens with a chapter on the setting of the Chinese language, giving a brief account of the historical, geographical, social, and linguistic background of China. Included is a discussion of how modern Chinese politics has played an important role in the development of modern standard Chinese. Other topics include sounds and tones, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and discourse. Mandarin Chinese brings a wide…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.46" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Mobo Gao is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Adelaide Confucius Institute at the University of Adelaide. He is the author of Gao Village; A Portrait of Rural Life in Modern China (1999) and Mandarin Chinese: An Introduction (2000).