Western Mandarin, or the Spoken Language of Western China (Classic Reprint): With Syllabic and English Indexes - Couverture souple

Grainger, Adam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133303637X ISBN 13 : 9781333036379

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Learn western Mandarin with practical, real‑world guidance for speaking in Western China.

This practical guide focuses on the spoken language and helps learners navigate pronunciation and everyday conversations, with special notes on how tones differ from other Mandarin varieties. The book emphasizes usable speech over theory, so you can communicate with confidence in real situations. This edition presents clear, hands‑on instruction for speaking Western Mandarin, including how tones are used in conversation and how pronunciation can vary regionally. It also provides a syllabic approach and English indexes to help learners locate phrases and vocabulary quickly, supporting a practical path to speaking.

• Focused, real‑world guidance for speaking Western Mandarin
• Syllabic organization and English index for fast reference
• Notes on tones and pronunciation differences from other Mandarin varieties
• Practical examples and everyday vocabulary to build usable language skills

Ideal for readers beginning or expanding their ability to communicate in Western China, travelers, students, and self‑learners seeking a pragmatic guide to spoken Mandarin.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The need of a thorongh knowledge of the every-day language of the people among whom the writers work lay, and the lack of adequate helps to the attainment of that knowledge, led to the preparation of this vocabulary. Being assured that it would prove of use to his fellow-labourers in Western China, he has arranged it for publication. Scope :T he name of the book, The Spoken Language of Western China, indicates pretty clearly the scope of the work It is difficult to draw a line between what is spoken and what is written only. Many phrases used by scholars have been rejected as too bookish, but, on the other hand, nothing has been regarded as too common for insertion. The work contains 3,786 characters, 112 duplicate characters, 191 words without characters, and 13,484 examples, including 401 proverbs. The examples have been taken in every case from the lips of the natives. No phrases of foreign origin religious or otherwise have been collected, as students can easily obtain such from other sources. A rrangement: The first and chief part of the work is arranged according to the radicals. The second part, which consists of words without characters, is arranged alphabetically. A syllabic index enables the student to find any word from the sound, and an English index gives the advantages of a very full English-C hinese dictionary. An appendix on relationships, is an attempt to clear up what many have found to be a somewhat perplexing subject. Eomanization :T he Romanization used is a modification of the China Inland Mission system. The principal alterations are as follows :ky before i or il, is changed to ch, as in Chiang or c Kuy hs, before i or il, is changed to sh, as in fshia, or shiien ;ae, i, eiy and eh, are uniformly written e, as in JJ che, gliue, pe, or 1pe.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133303637X
• ISBN 13: 9781333036379
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 822
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