A01=Charles N. Li
A01=Sandra A. Thompson
asian studies
aspect marker
Author_Charles N. Li
Author_Sandra A. Thompson
auxiliary verb
Category=CF
Category=CJBG
china
chinese
conversational mandarin
coverb
delimitative aspect
direct object
directional verb
durative aspect
education
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eq_dictionaries-language-reference
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
foreign language
foreign language acquisition
functional terms
grammar
head noun
history
language
linguistics
mandarin
mandarin chinese
mandarin grammar
nonfiction
reference
spoken language
taiwan
Product details
- ISBN 9780520066106
- Weight: 998g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Apr 1989
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This reference grammar provides, for the first time, a description of the grammar of "Mandarin Chinese", the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms, focusing on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations.
Charles N. Li is Professor of Linguistics and Chairperson, Linguistics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Sandra A. Thompson is Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
