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.
Language: The Last Homestead of Human Beings
1st Edition
By Guanlian Qian
December 19, 2022
Heidegger characterizes the relationship between language and Being as "language is the house of Being", negating the idea that language is merely a tool ready to be used at hand. Drawing on this idea, as well as ideas from anthropology, pragmatics, and folklore studies, the author argues that "...
Loanwords in the Chinese Language
1st Edition
By Shi Youwei
August 01, 2022
A loanword, or wailaici, is a word with similar meaning and phonetic form to a word from a foreign language that has been naturalized in the recipient language. From ancient times, cultural exchanges between China and other countries has brought and integrated a myriad of loanwords to the Chinese ...
Practical Grammar of Modern Chinese I: Overview and Notional Words
1st Edition
By Liu Yuehua, Pan Wenyu, Gu Wei
May 06, 2022
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the increased popularity of learning Chinese as a second language, there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at second language learners. This ...
Practical Grammar of Modern Chinese III: Sentence Constituents
1st Edition
By Liu Yuehua, Pan Wenyu, Gu Wei
May 06, 2022
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the increased popularity of learning Chinese as a second language, there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at second language learners. This ...
Practical Grammar of Modern Chinese II: Function Words
1st Edition
By Liu Yuehua, Pan Wenyu, Gu Wei
April 29, 2022
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the increasing popularity of learning Chinese as a second language, there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at second language learners. This ...
Practical Grammar of Modern Chinese IV: Simple Sentence, Compound Sentence, and Discourse
1st Edition
By Liu Yuehua, Pan Wenyu, Gu Wei
April 28, 2022
Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the increased popularity of learning Chinese as a second language, there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at second language learners. This ...