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Author : Gyula Décsy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Chinese Protolanguage written by Gyula Décsy and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terrien de Lacouperie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Languages of China Before the Chinese written by Terrien de Lacouperie and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hongyuan Dong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429555210
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)
Download or read book A History of the Chinese Language written by Hongyuan Dong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of the Chinese Language provides a comprehensive introduction to the historical development of the Chinese language from its Proto-Sino-Tibetan roots in prehistoric times to Modern Standard Chinese. Taking a highly accessible and balanced approach, it presents a chronological survey of the various stages of the Chinese language, covering key aspects such as phonology, syntax, and semantics. The second edition presents a revised and updated version that reflects recent scholarship in Chinese historical linguistics and new developments in related disciplines. Features include: Coverage of the major historical stages in Chinese language development, such as Old Chinese, Middle Chinese, Early Modern Chinese, and Modern Standard Chinese. Treatment of core linguistic aspects of the Chinese language, including phonological changes, grammatical development, lexical evolution, vernacular writing, the Chinese writing system, and Chinese dialects. Inclusion of authentic Chinese texts throughout the book, presented within a rigorous framework of linguistic analysis to help students to build up critical and evaluative skills and acquire valuable cultural knowledge. Integration of materials from different disciplines, such as archaeology, genetics, history, and sociolinguistics, to highlight the cultural and social background of each period of the language. Written by a highly experienced instructor, A History of the Chinese Language will be an essential resource for students of Chinese language and linguistics and for anyone interested in the history and culture of China.
Author : Terrien de Lacouperie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Languages of China Before the Chinese written by Terrien de Lacouperie and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Edkins
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267800995
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of the Chinese Language written by Joseph Edkins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Evolution of the Chinese Language: As Exemplifying the Origin and Growth of Human Speech There are many reasons 'why the great Asiatic languages which have literatures should all have sprung from one stem, which may have been current in Asia ten thousand years ago. The power to produce a literature, for example, is hereditary, and the having that power points to a common origin. But this book does not enter on the question. The believer in one original language, and the believer in several, may alike read it without finding any contradiction of their views. Its aim is of a humbler kind. It takes advantage of the simplicity in structure, and regularity in change, belonging to the speech of one people, and proceeds to look steadily at the problem how did that people become possessed of their peculiar speech. The evolution of this one language is kept before the mind exclusively in order that attention may be fixed upon the physiological phenomena present in the origin and growth of speech. Special prominence is given to the priority of the lips in making letters when compared with the teeth, tongue and palate, involving as a consequence the priority of labial roots over others. The necessary activity of the hand in root-making is described as being of high importance in originating pronouns, and the distinction between verbs and nouns, as well as in marking dimensions in space and opposition in qualities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Paul Kratochvíl
Publisher : London : Hutchinson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Chinese Language Today written by Paul Kratochvíl and published by London : Hutchinson. This book was released on 1968 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Edkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Evolution of the Chinese Language written by Joseph Edkins and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Sidwell
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110558149
Total Pages : 983 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia written by Paul Sidwell and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 983 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The handbook will offer a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1990s especially documentation of endangered languages. The book will provide an account of work in these areas, focusing on the achievements of SEAsian linguistics, as well as the challenges and unresolved issues, and provide a survey of the relevant major publications and other available resources. We will address: Survey of the languages of the area, organized along genetic lines, with discussion of relevant political and cultural background issues Theoretical/descriptive and typological issues Genetic classification and historical linguistics Areal and contact linguistics Other areas of interest such as sociolinguistics, semantics, writing systems, etc. Resources (major monographs and monograph series, dictionaries, journals, electronic data bases, etc.) Grammar sketches of languages representative of the genetic and structural diversity of the region.
Author : Zhongwei Shen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108774199
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)
Download or read book A Phonological History of Chinese written by Zhongwei Shen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the phonological history of Chinese, exploring the development of its standard phonological systems over the past 2500 years. It will be a key reference work for historical linguists and phonologists in general, as well as being of particular interest to students and scholars of Chinese/Asian languages and their history.
Author : Maggie Tallerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199541116
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution written by Maggie Tallerman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field, including work in animal behaviour; anatomy, genetics and neurology; the prehistory of language; the development of our uniquely linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and change.
Author : Hongyuan Dong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429559682
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)
Download or read book A History of the Chinese Language written by Hongyuan Dong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of the Chinese Language provides a comprehensive introduction to the historical development of the Chinese language from its Proto-Sino-Tibetan roots in prehistoric times to Modern Standard Chinese. Taking a highly accessible and balanced approach, it presents a chronological survey of the various stages of the Chinese language, covering key aspects such as phonology, syntax, and semantics. The second edition presents a revised and updated version that reflects recent scholarship in Chinese historical linguistics and new developments in related disciplines. Features include: Coverage of the major historical stages in Chinese language development, such as Old Chinese, Middle Chinese, Early Modern Chinese, and Modern Standard Chinese. Treatment of core linguistic aspects of the Chinese language, including phonological changes, grammatical development, lexical evolution, vernacular writing, the Chinese writing system, and Chinese dialects. Inclusion of authentic Chinese texts throughout the book, presented within a rigorous framework of linguistic analysis to help students to build up critical and evaluative skills and acquire valuable cultural knowledge. Integration of materials from different disciplines, such as archaeology, genetics, history, and sociolinguistics, to highlight the cultural and social background of each period of the language. Written by a highly experienced instructor, A History of the Chinese Language will be an essential resource for students of Chinese language and linguistics and for anyone interested in the history and culture of China.
Author : Joseph Edkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of the Chinese Language written by Joseph Edkins and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terrien de Lacouperie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330368640
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (686 download)
Download or read book The Languages of China Before the Chinese written by Terrien de Lacouperie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Languages of China Before the Chinese: Researches on the Languages Spoken by the Pre-Chinese Races of China Proper Previously to the Chinese Occupation 1. The languages mentioned in these pages are not all of them those, or the representatives of those, which were spoken in the Flowery Land when the Chinese made their appearance in that fertile country some four thousand years ago. The Chinese have only occupied it, slowly and gradually, and their progressive occupation was only achieved nominally during the last century. Some portions of the S. and S.W. provinces of Kueitchon, Szetchuen, Yunnan, Kuangsi and Kuangtung 1 are still inhabited by broken and non-broken tribes, representatives, generally cross-bred, mixed and degenerated, of some former races who were once in possession of the country. Therefore the expression pre-Chinese languages of China implies an enormous length of time, which still continues, and which would require an immense study should the materials be available. 2. Unhappily the data are of the most scanty description. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Jerry Norman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521296533
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (965 download)
Download or read book Chinese written by Jerry Norman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-01-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the Chinese language, tracing its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day.
Author : S. Robert Ramsey
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069126824X
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Languages of China written by S. Robert Ramsey and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incredible source of information about the Chinese language and China’s minority languages In this accessible and informative book, S. Robert Ramsey lucidly explains what the Chinese language is—its social and geographical situation, its history, its range of dialects, the structure of the modern standard language, and the writing system. He goes on to describe the languages of China’s national minorities, showing how they interrelate with each other and with Chinese. Readers learn about the peoples who speak the languages of China, what China is like linguistically, and the cultural and historical settings of the country’s languages. For those who want more linguistic detail, Ramsey provides lists, maps, charts, and descriptions along with technical references in notes at the end of the book. Invaluable to general linguists and Sinologists alike, The Languages of China is an excellent introduction to Chinese and East Asian linguistics.
Author : Joseph Edkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781375682435
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (824 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of the Chinese Language: As Exemplifying the Origin and Growth of Human Speech written by Joseph Edkins and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-20 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mieczysław Jerzy Künstler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429589123
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)
Download or read book The Sinitic Languages written by Mieczysław Jerzy Künstler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sinitic Languages is the quintessence of Mieczysław Jerzy Künstler’s thirty years of research into the Chinese languages. Originally published in Polish in 2000 as Języki chińskie, this work collected Künstler’s various lectures on the fascinating world of this branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It marked the apogee of linguistic research of Chinese languages in Poland. With a keen, intuitive understanding of the workings of these languages, Künstler introduces his readership to the historical development of spoken Sinitic languages. Besides analyzing the various stages of Standard Chinese, he also makes a convincing case for classifying Cantonese, Pekinese, Nankinese, Minnanese, Wu, and other so-called "dialects" as distinct languages. Künstler’s work offers an insightful and detailed overview about synchronic and diachronic research on the major language groups of Chinese, a fast growing academic field until today. The present English version was begun by Künstler himself before his untimely demise in 2007. However, it is not merely a translation of the Polish work, but a revised edition that introduces a shift in Sinological linguistics from a genetic to an areal description of Modern Chinese languages. A joint effort of the Polish linguist Alfred Franciszek Majewicz and the Sinologists Ewa Zajdler and Maria Kurpaska helped to bring the original manuscript to its completion. Thus, The Sinitic Languages is now finally accessible for a larger readership. Both amateurs and experts interested in this topic are invited to follow Künstler on his intellectual journey into Sinological linguistics. Künstler intentionally excluded Chinese characters from his work because he viewed the Sinitic languages primarily as spoken languages. In order to provide readers with the opportunity to compare spoken and written language, the editors added an index with glossary to the English version.
