| Description |
xxvi, 397 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Routledge modern grammars |
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Routledge modern grammars.
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| Contents |
Pt. A. Structures -- 1. Overview of pronunciation and Pinyin romanization -- 2. Syllable, meaning, and word -- 3. The Chinese writing system : an overview -- 4. Phrase order in the Mandarin sentence -- 5. Nouns -- 6. Numbers -- 7. Specifiers and demonstratives -- 8. Classifiers -- 9. Noun phrases -- 10. Adjectival verbs -- 11. Stative verbs -- 12. Modal verbs -- 13. Action verbs -- 14. Prepositions and prepositional phrases -- 15. Adverbs -- 16. Conjunctions -- 17. The passive -- Pt. B. Situations and functions -- 18. Names, kinship terms, titles, and terms of address -- 19. Introductions -- 20. Greetings and goodbyes -- 21. Basic strategies for communication -- 22. Telecommunications and e-communications : telephones, the Internet, beepers, and faxes -- 23. Negating information -- 24. Asking questions and replying to questions -- 25. Expressing identification, possession, and existence -- 26. Describing people, places, and things -- 27. Describing how actions are performed -- 28. Indicating result, conclusion, potential, and extent -- 29. Making comparisons -- 30. Talking about the present -- 31. Talking about habitual actions -- 32. Talking about the future -- 33. Indicating completion and talking about the past -- 34. Talking about change, new situations, and changing situations -- 35. Talking about duration and frequency -- 36. Expressing additional information -- 37. Expressing contrast -- 38. Expressing sequence -- 39. Expressing simultaneous situations -- 40. Expressing cause and effect or reason and result -- 41. Expressing conditions -- 42. Expressing 'both,' 'all,' 'every,' 'any,' 'none,' 'not any,' and 'no matter how' -- 43. Expressing location and distance -- 44. Talking about movement, directions, and means of transportation -- 45. Talking about clock time and calendar time -- 46. Expressing obligations and prohibitions -- 47. Expressing commands and permission -- 48. Expressing ability and possibility -- 49. Expressing desires, needs, preferences, and willingness -- 50. Expressing knowledge, advice, and opinions -- 51. Expressing fear, worry, and anxiety -- 52. Expressing speaker attitudes and perspectives -- 53. Topic, focus, and emphasis -- 54. Guest and host -- 55. Giving and responding to compliments -- 56. Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction -- 57. Expressing gratitude and responding to expressions of gratitude -- 58. Invitations, requests, and refusals -- 59. Expressing apologies, regrets, sympathy, and bad news -- 60. Expressing congratulations and good wishes |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Chinese language -- Grammar.
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| Author |
Ma, Jing-heng Sheng.
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| LC no. |
2005030422 |
| ISBN |
0415700108 paperback |
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0415700094 hardback |
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