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  • The Chinese Particle De

    by Quan Wan ...
    Translated by Peng Xinjia, Mu Yezi ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book indicates that the nature and function of de is one of the core issues in the study of Chinese grammar. There are many related studies, which are not only a long-term controversial and difficult problem, but also a theoretical issue that constantly invites the renewal of research methods. This book mainly focuses on the following aspects, summarizes the achievements of the previous ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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  • The Korean Language

    Structure, Use and Context

    by Jae Jung Song ...
    Suitable for students of all levels, this book provides a general description of the Korean language by highlighting important structural aspects whilst keeping technical details to a minimum. By examining the Korean language in its geographical, historical, social and cultural context the reader is able to gain a good understanding of its speakers and the environment in which it is used. The book ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar

    by Stephen Matthews, Virginia Yip ...
    Series series Routledge Comprehensive Grammars
    Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Cantonese as spoken by native speakers in Hong Kong. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in current Cantonese. This makes it the ideal reference source for all learners and users of Cantonese, irrespective of level, in schools, colleges, universities and adult ... Read more

    $166.26 CAD

  • Functional Structure(s), Form and Interpretation

    Perspectives from East Asian Languages

    Edited by Andrew Simpson, Audrey-Li Yen-hui ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics
    The issue of how interpretation results from the form and type of syntactic structures present in language is one which is central and hotly debated in both theoretical and descriptive linguistics. This volume brings together a series of eleven new cutting-edge essays by leading experts in East Asian languages which shows how the study of formal structures and functional morphemes in Chinese, ... Read more

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  • Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese

    A formal view

    by Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics
    This innovative study on the phenomenon of 'grammaticalization' and its manifestation in Chinese provides new insights into language change in Chinese and a large number of grammatical topics. Grammaticalization occurs in all of the world's languages. Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu demonstrates general linguistic principles present and active in the phenomenon of grammaticalization whilst also describing the ... Read more

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  • Chinese

    by Jerry Norman ...
    Series series Cambridge Language Surveys
    This general introduction to the study of the Chinese language traces its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese in its numerous dialect forms, has more speakers than any language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brings to its study an ... Read more

    $84.79 CAD

  • Reading in Asian Languages

    Making Sense of Written Texts in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

    Edited by Kenneth S. Goodman, Shaomei Wang, Mieko Iventosch, Yetta M. Goodman ...
    Reading in Asian Languages is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes the common Western belief that such systems are hard to learn or to use. The contributors share a comprehensive view of reading as construction of meaning which they show is fully applicable to character ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • An Introduction to Korean Linguistics

    by Eunhee Lee, Sean Madigan, Mee-Jeong Park ...
    An Introduction to Korean Linguistics is a valuable and comprehensive text for those with an interest in Korean linguistics.This book provides an in-depth introduction to the basics of Korean linguistics, and modern linguistic theory, in an accessible style. It features a step-by-step approach designed to lead the reader through the linguistic make-up of the language, from the basics of its sound ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • Speed up your Korean

    Strategies to Avoid Common Errors

    by Lucien Brown, Jaehoon Yeon ...
    Series series Speed up your Language Skills
    Word order, honorifics, terms of addresses and idiomatic expressions are just some of the areas that cause confusion for students of Korean. Learning how to avoid the common errors that arise repeatedly in these areas is an essential step in successful language learning.Speed Up Your Korean is a unique and innovative resource that identifies and explains these errors, enabling students to learn ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • Between Syntax and Semantics

    by C.T. James Huang ...
    Series series Routledge Leading Linguists
    This indispensable volume contains articles that represent the best of Huang's work on the syntax-semantics interface over the last two decades. It includes three general topics: (a) questions, indefinites and quantification, (b) anaphora, (c) lexical structure and the syntax of events. ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics

    by William S-Y Wang, Chaofen Sun ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire field from a multi-disciplinary perspective. All chapters are contributed by leading scholars in their respective areas. This Handbook contains eight sections: history, languages and dialects, language contact, morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology, socio-cultural aspects and neuro ... Read more

    $179.19 CAD

  • A Grammar of Mangghuer

    A Mongolic Language of China's Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund

    by Keith W. Slater ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics
    This book is a grammar of Mangghuer, a Mongolic language spoken by approximately 25,000 people in China's northwestern Qinghai Province. Mangghuer is virtually unknown outside China, and no grammar of Mangghuer has ever been published in any language. The book's primary importance is thus as a systematic grammatical description of a little-known language. The book also makes a significant ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD