文档介绍：Chinese
An Essential Grammar
Second Edition
This new edition of Chinese: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date
and concise reference guide to modern Chinese (Mandarin) grammar.
Refreshingly jargon free, it presents an accessible description of the
language, focusing on the real patterns of use today. This Grammar
aims to serve as a reference source for the learner and user of Chinese,
irrespective of level, setting out plexities of the language in
short, readable sections.
It is ideal either for independent study or for students in schools,
colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.
Features include:
• a new chapter on paragraph development
• Chinese characters, as well as the pinyin romanisation, alongside all
examples
• literal and colloquial translations into English to illustrate language
points
• detailed contents list and index for easy access to information
• a glossary of grammatical terms.
Yip Po-Ching is former Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of
Leeds. Don Rimmington is Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies and
former Head of the East Asian Studies Department at the University of
Leeds.
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Routledge Essential Grammars
Essential Grammars are available for the following languages:
Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
Modern Greek
Modern Hebrew
Hungarian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Serbian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Urdu
Other titles of related interest published by Routledge:
The Chinese Lexicon
By Yip Po-Ching
Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook
By Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington
Intermediate Chinese
By Yip Po-Ching and Don Rimmington
Colloquial Chinese: plete Language Course
By Kan Qian
Colloquial Chinese (Reprint of the first edition)
By Ping-Cheng T’ung and David E. Pollard
Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook
By Virginia Yip and Stephen Matthews
Cantonese: prehensive Grammar
By Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip
Colloquial Canto