Chinese Language Its History And Current Usage

The Chinese Language is a brief introduction to the main characteristics of Chinese, written so as to be accessible to the beginning student as well as to anyone considering learning the language or with a general interest in Chinese language and culture. It is not a language-learning title as such, but provides a demystifying overview of Chinese from linguistic, historical and social perspectives. Contents; Where spoken; number of speakers; Words borrowed into English; History; earliest written records; Regional variation; Writing system; Phonology; Typology; Registers; politeness; sociological variation; Greetings; How to ask a question; How to form a negative; Nouns; Adjectives; Classifiers; Pronoun system; Verb system: tense; aspect; Particles; ProverbsKane, Daniel is the author of 'Chinese Language Its History And Current Usage', published 2006 under ISBN 9780804838535 and ISBN 0804838534.