Studies in Chinese Language Volume 8
Studies in Chinese Language Volume 8 by M.A.K. Halliday, published by Bloomsbury Academic on June 7, 2006, is a comprehensive exploration of the Chinese language. This edition, which includes a BK&CD-ROM format, spans 386 pages and is presented in English. The volume approaches the subject from various perspectives, covering topics such as medieval and modern grammar, phonology, and discourse.
Readers will find a detailed examination of the Chinese language, beginning with insights from Halliday’s doctoral thesis, which includes extracts and the original Chinese text of one of the earliest known Mandarin writings. The book progresses to modern Chinese grammar and phonology, concluding with discussions on grammatical metaphor and scientific discourse in both Chinese and English. This scholarly work is suitable for those interested in linguistics and the intricacies of language arts and disciplines.
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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
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