Elements of Chinese Grammar - With a Preliminary Dissertation on Characters, Colloquial Medium of

Klappentext First published in 1814, this is an extensive grammar of colloquial Chinese, explaining in detail all aspects of its structure. Zusammenfassung First published in 1814! this is an extensive grammar of colloquial Chinese! compiled by a Christian missionary. Illustrated with numerous examples and explaining each grammatical concept in detail! it covers all aspects of the language's structure! including case! agreement! pronouns! verbs! mood! tense! prosody! parts of speech and dialect variation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Preliminary dissertation; Part I. On the Characters; Part II. On the Colloquial Medium; Elements of Chinese grammar; 1. Of substantives; 2. Of pronouns; 3. Of verbs; 4. Of particles; 5. Of syntax; 6. Of dialect; Appendix.

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• Authors: Joshua Marshman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781108055994
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05599-4
• No. of pages: 656
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Chinese, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology