Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by Claudia Ross, Jing-Heng Sheng Ma, Baozhang He

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Series: Modern Grammars
• Edition: Bilingual
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar is an innovative reference guide to Mandarin Chinese, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume.

Divided into two sections closely linked by extensive cross-references, it covers:

• traditional grammatical categories such as phrase order, nouns, verbs and specifiers
• language functions and notions such as communication strategies, giving and seeking information, expressing apologies, regrets and sympathies.

With all grammar points and functions richly illustrated with examples, and a strong emphasis on contemporary usage, the main features of this Grammar include examples in simplified characters, traditional characters, and romanization (Pinyin) as well as an emphasis on areas of particular difficulty for learners of Mandarin Chinese.

This is the ideal reference grammar for learners of Mandarin Chinese at all levels, from elementary to advanced. No prior knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed and a glossary of grammatical terms is provided. Featuring related exercises and activities, this Grammar is accompanied by the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook .

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Series Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
How to use this book......Page 12
Part A: Structures......Page 14
1. Overview of pronunciation and Pinyin romanization......Page 16
2. Syllable, meaning, and word......Page 17
3. The Chinese writing system: an overview......Page 18
4. Phrase order in the Mandarin sentence......Page 20
5. Nouns......Page 23
6. Numbers......Page 24
7. Specifiers and demonstratives......Page 28
8. Classifiers......Page 30
9. Noun phrases......Page 33
10. Adjectival verbs......Page 37
11. Stative verbs......Page 39
12. Modal verbs......Page 41
13. Action verbs......Page 44
14. Prepositions and prepositional phrases......Page 46
15. Adverbs......Page 49
16. Conjunctions......Page 51
17. The passive......Page 52
Part B: Situations and functions......Page 54
18. Names, kinship terms, titles, and terms of address......Page 56
19. Introductions......Page 58
20. Greetings and goodbyes......Page 60
21. Basic strategies for communication......Page 62
22. Telecommunications and e-communications: telephones, the internet, beepers, and faxes......Page 64
23. Negating information......Page 66
24. Asking questions and replying to questions......Page 68
25. Expressing identification, possession, and existence......Page 74
26. Describing people, places, and things......Page 77
27. Describing how actions are performed......Page 79
28. Indicating result, conclusion, potential, and extent......Page 82
29. Making comparisons......Page 87
30. Talking about the present......Page 92
31. Talking about habitual actions......Page 95
32. Talking about the future......Page 97
33. Indicating completion and talking about the past......Page 100
34. Talking about change, new situations, and changing situations......Page 105
35. Talking about duration and frequency......Page 109
36. Expressing additional information......Page 113
37. Expressing contrast......Page 115
38. Expressing sequence......Page 119
39. Expressing simultaneous situations......Page 122
40. Expressing cause and effect or reason and result......Page 125
41. Expressing conditions......Page 129
42. Expressing ‘both,’ ‘all,’ ‘every,’ 'any,' 'none,' 'not any,' and 'no matter how'......Page 131
43. Expressing location and distance......Page 135
44. Talking about movement, directions, and means of transportation......Page 138
45. Talking about clock time and calendar time......Page 141
46. Expressing obligations and prohibitions......Page 146
47. Expressing commands and permission......Page 148
48. Expressing ability and possibility......Page 151
49. Expressing desires, needs, preferences, and willingness......Page 154
50. Expressing knowledge, advice, and opinions......Page 156
51. Expressing fear, worry, anxiety, and bad news......Page 159
52. Expressing speaker attitudes and perspectives......Page 161
53. Topic, focus, and emphasis......Page 163
54. Guest and host......Page 168
55. Giving and responding to compliments......Page 169
56. Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction......Page 171
57. Expressing gratitude and responding to expressions of gratitude......Page 173
58. Invitations, requests, and refusals......Page 175
59. Expressing apologies, regrets, and sympathy......Page 178
60. Expressing congratulations and good wishes......Page 180
Answer key......Page 182
Index......Page 274

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Китайский язык;Грамматика;