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Beginning Chinese

By John DeFrancis

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
1976
ISBN
9780300020588
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16854845 bytes)
Series
Yale Language Series
Edition
2nd rev. ed
Pages
586\586
Time added
2016-02-13 06:41:22

Description

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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