Yufa! A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar
2nd Edition
Published on 10. November 2016
400 pages
978-1-317-23044-1 (ISBN)
Description
Yufa! A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar takes a unique approach to explaining the major topics of Mandarin Chinese grammar. The book is presented in two sections: the core structures of Chinese grammar, and the practical use of the Chinese language. Key features include:
Chinese characters, pinyin and English translations
Realistic scenarios to provide you with an interesting context in which to learn grammar
Varied and imaginative exercises so you can review your progress easily.
With straightforward descriptions, numerous exercises, and examples that are rooted in realistic situations, the author shows you how grammar is used in everyday life.
This new second edition has been fully revised and updated throughout and continues to be one of the clearest and most comprehensive pedagogical grammars available.
Chinese characters, pinyin and English translations
Realistic scenarios to provide you with an interesting context in which to learn grammar
Varied and imaginative exercises so you can review your progress easily.
With straightforward descriptions, numerous exercises, and examples that are rooted in realistic situations, the author shows you how grammar is used in everyday life.
This new second edition has been fully revised and updated throughout and continues to be one of the clearest and most comprehensive pedagogical grammars available.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
35 Tables, black and white
File size
8,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-23044-1 (9781317230441)
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Wen-Hua Teng is Senior Lecturer, Department of Asian Studies, at the University of Texas at Austin, USA
Content
1 The basic formation of a Chinese sentence
2 The eleven types of question in Chinese
3 The use of ??, ?? and ?? and the definiteness of nouns
4 The functions of ??, relative clauses and noun clauses
5 Position words
6 Prepositional constructions
7 Imperative sentences and the use of ??
8 Chinese verbs
9 The progressive aspect and the continuous aspect
10 The use of ?? (the perfective aspect particle and
modal particle)
11 The use of ?? (the experiential aspect particle)
12 Modal verbs
13 The complement of state and the complement of degree
14 The complement of duration
15 The complement of quantity
16 The complement of direction
17 The complement of result
18 The complement of potential
19 The adverbial modifi er with ??
20 The ??......?? structure
21 Subjectless sentences and existential sentences
22 The ?? structure
23 Passive structures
24 Making comparisons (1)
25 Making comparisons (2)
26 Measure words
27 Verb reduplication and adjective reduplication
28 The use of ????, ???? and ????
29 Modal particles
30 Conjunctive pairs
31 Conjunctions used in context
32 The use of ?? and ??
33 The use of adverbs in contracted sentences
34 The use of interrogative pronouns
35 Rhetorical questions
2 The eleven types of question in Chinese
3 The use of ??, ?? and ?? and the definiteness of nouns
4 The functions of ??, relative clauses and noun clauses
5 Position words
6 Prepositional constructions
7 Imperative sentences and the use of ??
8 Chinese verbs
9 The progressive aspect and the continuous aspect
10 The use of ?? (the perfective aspect particle and
modal particle)
11 The use of ?? (the experiential aspect particle)
12 Modal verbs
13 The complement of state and the complement of degree
14 The complement of duration
15 The complement of quantity
16 The complement of direction
17 The complement of result
18 The complement of potential
19 The adverbial modifi er with ??
20 The ??......?? structure
21 Subjectless sentences and existential sentences
22 The ?? structure
23 Passive structures
24 Making comparisons (1)
25 Making comparisons (2)
26 Measure words
27 Verb reduplication and adjective reduplication
28 The use of ????, ???? and ????
29 Modal particles
30 Conjunctive pairs
31 Conjunctions used in context
32 The use of ?? and ??
33 The use of adverbs in contracted sentences
34 The use of interrogative pronouns
35 Rhetorical questions
