Chinese Linguistics
About the Book Series
Chinese Linguistics series selects representative and frontier works in linguistic disciplines including lexicology, grammar, phonetics, dialectology, philology and rhetoric. Mostly published in Chinese before, the selection has had far-reaching influence on China’s linguistics and offered inspiration and reference for the world’s linguistics. The aim of this series is to reflect the general level and latest development of Chinese linguistics from an overall and objective view.
A Brief History of the Chinese Language VI: Middle Chinese Lexicon 2
1st Edition
By Xi Xiang
December 19, 2024
As the sixth volume of a multivolume set on the Chinese language, this book studies the influence of foreign culture on Middle Chinese lexicon and the development of synonyms, idioms, and proverbs during the period. Focusing on lexicons in Middle Chinese, the middle form of the Chinese language ...
A Brief History of the Chinese Language VII: Modern Chinese Lexicon 1
1st Edition
By Xi Xiang
December 19, 2024
As the seventh volume of a multi-volume set on the Chinese language, this book studies the Mongolian influence on neologisms in Modern Chinese and innovations in word formation and lexical meanings during the period.Focusing on lexicons in Modern Chinese, the Chinese language used since the 13th ...
A Brief History of the Chinese Language VIII: Modern Chinese Lexicon 2
1st Edition
By Xi Xiang
December 19, 2024
As the final volume of a multi-volume set on the Chinese language, this book studies the Western and Japanese influence on the lexicon of Modern Chinese, lexical developments in synonyms, idioms and proverbs in modern times, and lexical developments in contemporary times. This volume first ...
Modern Chinese Complex Sentences IV: General Review
1st Edition
By XING Fuyi
October 08, 2024
This book is the final volume of a four-volume set on modern Chinese complex sentences, assessing the key attributes, related sentence structures, and semantic and pragmatic relevance of complex sentences. Complex sentences in modern Chinese are unique in formation and meaning. Following on from ...
Jin Chinese Grammar
1st Edition
By Xing Xiangdong
August 26, 2024
In providing an analysis of the grammar of the dialect of seven counties along the Yellow River, this two-volume set synchronically and diachronically studies the Jin dialect of China’s Northern Shaanxi Province.The Jin dialect of Northern Shaanxi is one of the most ancient, complicated, and ...
Jin Chinese Grammar I: Referent and Tense of Northern Shaanxi Dialects
1st Edition
By Xing Xiangdong
August 26, 2024
This book is the first volume of a two-volume set that synchronically and diachronically studies the Jin dialect of Northern Shaanxi Province in China, with a focus on the grammatical features of pronouns, aspect and appearance, and the system of tenses. The Jin dialect of Northern ...
Jin Chinese Grammar II: Syntax and Modality of Northern Shaanxi Dialects
1st Edition
By Xing Xiangdong
August 26, 2024
This book is the second volume of a two-volume set that synchronically and diachronically studies the Jin dialect of Northern Shaanxi Province in China, with a focus on six grammatical features of the dialect.The Jin dialect of Northern Shaanxi is one of the most ancient, complicated, and ...
Modern Chinese Complex Sentences II: Coordinate Type
1st Edition
By XING Fuyi
August 26, 2024
This book is the second volume of a four-volume set on modern Chinese complex sentences, with a focus on coordinate complex sentences and their relevant forms. Complex sentences in modern Chinese are unique in formation and meaning. The author proposes a tripartite classification of Chinese complex...
Modern Chinese Complex Sentences III: Adversative Type
1st Edition
By XING Fuyi
August 26, 2024
This book is the third volume of a four-volume set on modern Chinese complex sentences, with a focus on adversative complex sentences and relevant forms. Complex sentences in modern Chinese are unique in formation and meaning. The author proposes a tripartite classification of Chinese complex ...
Nouns and Verbs in Chinese
1st Edition
By Shen Jiaxuan
May 29, 2024
This two-volume set revisits the nature of nouns and verbs and linguistic categories in Chinese to unravel the different relationships between nouns and verbs in Chinese, English and other languages. The study seeks to break free from the shackles of Western linguistic paradigms, which are largely ...
A Brief History of the Chinese Language I: The Basics of Chinese Phonetics
1st Edition
By Xi Xiang
May 27, 2024
As the first volume of a multivolume set on Chinese phonetics, this book gives a full picture of the historical development of the Chinese language and studies the phonetics of the early form of Chinese, that is, Old Chinese. Chinese language history is generally split into three phases: (1) Old ...
A Brief History of the Chinese Language II: From Old Chinese to Middle Chinese Phonetic System
1st Edition
By Xi Xiang
May 27, 2024
As the second volume of a multivolume set on Chinese phonetics, this book examines the phonetical systems of Middle Chinese and phonetical changes from Old Chinese to Middle Chinese.Chinese language history is generally split into three phases: (1) Old Chinese, the form of the Chinese language ...