Chinese: An Essential Grammar (Essential Grammars)

✍ Scribed by Yip Po-Ching

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new edition of Chinese: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and concise reference guide to modern Chinese grammar. Jargon free, it presents an accessible description of the language, focusing on the real patterns of use today. This Grammar aims to serve as a reference source for the learner and user of Chinese, irrespective of level, setting out the complexities of the language in short, readable sections. It is ideal either for independent study or for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.Features include: a new chapter on paragraph development Chinese characters, as well as the pinyin romanization, alongside all examples literal and colloquial translations in English to illustrate language points detailed contents list and index for easy access to information a glossary of grammatical terms.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Part I: Nouns......Page 24
1. Nouns......Page 25
2. Numerals and nouns......Page 30
3. Measures for nouns......Page 36
4. Pronouns......Page 43
5. Adjectives and attributives......Page 51
Part II: Verbs......Page 58
6. Adjectival and nominal predicates; the verb shì......Page 59
7. The verb y  ou; comparisons......Page 65
8. Verbs and aspect markers......Page 71
9. Motion verbs and direction indicators......Page 82
10. Verbs and time......Page 89
11. Verbs and location......Page 96
12. Verbs: duration and frequency......Page 105
13. Verbs and complements......Page 111
14. Verbs and adverbials......Page 121
15. Modal and similar verbs......Page 130
Part III: Sentences......Page 140
16. Statements and the sentence particle le......Page 141
17. Questions......Page 147
18. Subject and predicate; topic and comment......Page 161
19. Prepositions and coverbs......Page 167
20. Ba and bèi constructions......Page 174
21. Serial constructions......Page 181
22. Emphasis and the intensiyer shì......Page 188
23. Abbreviation and omission......Page 196
24. Composite sentences: conjunctions and conjunctives......Page 201
25. Exclamations and interjections; appositions; and apostrophes......Page 214
Part IV: Paragraphs......Page 220
Glossary of grammatical terms......Page 241
Index......Page 246

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Китайский язык;Грамматика;