Understanding The Chinese Language: A Comprehensive Linguistic Introduction

This textbook provides a cohesive and comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of Chinese. It covers all the main subfields of linguistics, both theoretical and applied, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, second language acquisition, history of the Chinese language, dialectology and sociolinguistics.

• | Author: Chris Shei
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jul 17, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415634865
• | ISBN-13: 9780415634861