A Social View on the Chinese Language

ISBN-13: 9781433179822 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 206 str.

Jerome L. Packard

Opis

A Social View on the Chinese Language' is intended to be a popular linguistic introduction to the Chinese language - a text meant to be a simplified overview of my field, Chinese language and linguistics, intended for a popular audience.

Recenzje

"Provocative and wide-ranging, A Social View on the Chinese Language, written by a well-known scholar in field of Chinese linguistics, presents all important aspects of Chinese, its origin, regionalects, writing, reading, learning, cognition, grammar, culture and history. It is an excellent handbook, superbly organized and compact, with all current discoveries in the field, and is the finest Chinese linguistics textbook I've seen. The explanations are very clear with rich examples and detailed illustrations. It will be beneficial for students and for anyone who wants to learn Chinese as a communicative tool or preserve it as a culture heritage."-Shengli Feng ( ), Emeritus Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Spis treści

List of Figures - List of Tables - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Chinese Language Origins - Chinese Regionalects - Chinese Writing and Reading - Learning Chinese - Chinese Language and the Brain - Chinese Language and Culture - What Can We Expect for the Chinese Language? - Index.

O autorze

Jerome L. Packard is Professor Emeritus of Chinese at the University of Illinois. Professor Packard received his PhD in Chinese linguistics from Cornell University and is the author of five books and over 30 articles on the Chinese language. Professor Packard has served as a Fulbright scholar in China and has taught Chinese at the University of Massachusetts, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois.