Mandarin Chinese
eBook - PDF

Mandarin Chinese

  1. 720 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface to the Paperback Edition
  4. Preface
  5. Conventions Used in Examples
  6. Abbreviations
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Typological Description
  9. 3 Word Structure
  10. 4 Simple Declarative Sentences
  11. 5 Auxiliary Verbs
  12. 6 Aspect
  13. 7 Sentence-Final Particles
  14. 8 Adverbs
  15. 9 Coverbs/Prepositions
  16. 10 Indirect Objects and Benefactives
  17. 11 Locative and Directional Phrases
  18. 12 Negation
  19. 13 Verb Copying
  20. 14 The Imperative
  21. 15 The bă Construction
  22. 16 The bèi Construction
  23. 17 Presentative Sentences
  24. 18 Questions
  25. 19 Comparison
  26. 20 Nominalization
  27. 21 Serial Verb Constructions
  28. 22 The Complex Stative Construction
  29. 23 Sentence Linking
  30. 24 Pronouns in Discourse
  31. References
  32. Index