Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Chinese grammar. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Chinese. The Grammar is an essential reference source for the learner and user of Chinese, irrespective of level. It is ideal for use in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types and will remain the standard reference work for years to come. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Chinese grammar. It offers a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language, and provides full and clear explanations. Throughout, the emphasis is on Chinese as used by present-day native speakers. An extensive index and numbered paragraphs provide readers with easy access to the information they require.
The new edition features a revised and expanded chapter on prosody: 'Prosody and Syntax', as well as four completely new chapters:
- Morphology and Syntax (1), which looks at Chinese word formation
- Morphology and Syntax (2), which explores the interaction between words, expressions, and sentences
- Intralingual Transpositions, which reviews the possible conversions between possible sentential constructions
- Interlingual Conversions, which examines the differences between Chinese and English
Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction
1. Nouns and
Nominalisations
2. Numerals and Measures
3. Pronouns, Pronominals and
Pro-words
4. Adjectives as Attributives and Predicatives
5. Attributives
other than Adjectives
6. Action Verbs
7. Action Verbs and Time
8. Action
Verbs and Locations
9. Adverbials
10. Complements
11. Coverbs
12. b
Constructions
13. The Passive Voice and bči Constructions
14. Chain
Constructions
15. The Verb shģ
16. The Verb yu
17. Verbs that Take Verbal
or Clausal Objects
18. Modal Verbs
19. Telescopic Constructions
20.
Narration, Description, Exposition and Evaluation
21. le-Expository
Sentences
22. Conjunctions and Conjunctives
23. Interrogative Sentences
24.
Imperatives and Exclamations
25. Abbreviations and Omissions
26. Prosody and
Syntax
27. Stylistic Considerations in Syntactic Constructions
28. Morphology
and Syntax (I)
29. Morphology and Syntax (II)
30. Intralingual Transpositions
31. Interlingual Conversions Bibliography Index
Yip Po-Ching was Lecturer in Chinese at Leeds University, and Don Rimmington is Emeritus Professor of Chinese formerly at Leeds University.
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