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Zusatztext A major enterprise comparable to a grand retrospective of the paintings of some prominent artist of a distinctive school. Informationen zum Autor Professor Jonathan J. Webster is Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. He is also the Managing Editor of the International Linguistics Association’s journal WORD , and the editor of the forthcoming Journal of World Languages (2014). M.A.K. Halliday was Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. Klappentext Now available in paperback, this eighth volume in the Collected Work Series offers a detailed survey of the Chinese language by eminent linguist M.A.K. Halliday. > Vorwort Now available in paperback, this eighth volume in the Collected Work Series offers a detailed survey of the Chinese language by eminent linguist M.A.K. Halliday. Zusammenfassung Studies in Chinese Language , the eighth volume in the Collected Works of Professor M.A.K. Halliday, approaches the Chinese language from several interesting vantage points, ranging from studies of medieval to modern grammar, phonology, and discourse. Professor Halliday's doctoral thesis, 'The Language of the Chinese, Secret History of the Mongols, provides the basis for the first section of this volume, with extracts from the book as well as the original Chinese text, which is one of the earliest known texts written in Mandarin, included in full on the accompanying online resources. The second section focuses on modern Chinese grammar, while the third looks at Chinese phonology. The final section, Grammar and Discourse', includes papers on grammatical metaphor and scientific discourse in both Chinese and English. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Medieval Chinese Grammar Part 2: Modern Chinese Grammar Part 3: Chinese Phonology Part 4: Grammar and Discourse AppendixBibliography Index
