Beginning Chinese, 2nd Revised Edition (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition) - Softcover

John DeFrancis; Yung Teng Chia-yee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300020589 ISBN 13: 9780300020588

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1976

Synopsis

A complete revision of the first volume in the Yale Linguistic Series, this new version, in pinyin romanization, and aimed at secondary school and college levels, is an introduction to spoken Chinese. It includes dialogues, pronunciation drills, sentence-building exercises, examples of characters, substitution drills, and miscellaneous exercises in the form of games like crossword puzzles. There is a combined glossary-index, supplementary vocabulary for each lesson, notes, and a detailed suggested study guide. John De Francis is research professor of Chinese at Seton Hall University. Yale Linguistics Series, 1. The features of this introductory text for learning the Chinese language include:-Pinyin romanization-Vocabulary of 600 items-Pronunciation drills, dialogues, sentence-building exercises, pattern drills, substitution tables, games and other learning aids, memorization exercises, and a combined glossary-index-No characters are used 

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Language Notes:

Text: English, Chinese

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0300020589
• ISBN 13: 9780300020588
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 601