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Language Disorders in Speakers of Chinese
Channel View Publications 2008; US$ 139.95Research interest in Chinese language impairments can be traced back to the 1930s. Despite the significant advances made in this research field over the past two decades, this body of work has not received the attention it deserves. This book fills a gap in the field and represents the latest research in Chinese language disorders in children and adults.... more...
The Phonology of Standard Chinese
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 59.99The fully revised edition of San Duanmu's popular introduction to Chinese phonology reflects recent research and theoretical advances in particular work in feature, syllable, and stress. The author has also added a chapter on rhythm in poetry. Reviews of the first edition. 'Every phonologist and student of Chinese linguistics will find something... more...
Die chinesische Dichtkunst. Von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit
De Gruyter 2002; US$ 224.00Volume 1 focuses on Chinese poetry. Reaching back into the first millennium before Christ, it ranks among the greatest achievements of human intellect and has made an impact in all other cultures. Especially to be noted are the Buch der Lieder (Book of Songs), Lieder des Südens (Songs of the South), the classical poetry... more...
Typological Change in Chinese Syntax
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 139.99This new interpretation of the early history of Chinese argues that Old Chinese was typologically a 'mixed' language. It shows that, though its dominant word order was subject-verb-object, this coexisted with subject-object-verb. Professor Xu describes the typological changes that have taken place since the Han period and shows how Chinese... more...
The Structure of Tone
Oxford University Press, USA 1999; US$ 144.99This book argues a fresh theory about the structure of tone. Bao investigates a wide range of tone sandhi data from various Chinese dialects and other Asian tone languages, providing empirical support for his proposal that tone is a formal entity which consists of register and contour. Bao establishes a clear typological distinction between register... more...
The Syntax of Chinese
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 50.00A guide to Chinese syntax covering a broad variety of topics including categories, argument structure, passives and anaphora. more...
Reading China
BRILL 2006; US$ 151.00Demonstrates how a modern reader brings us closer to understanding how Chinese citizens perceived their world and what their writings reveal about the culture that produced them. This book presents eight studies that develop a different style of reading Chinese sources, by exploring the dynamics of discourse across open boundaries. more...
Modernist Aesthetics in Taiwanese Poetry since the 1950s
BRILL 2008; US$ 151.00Offers an approach to understanding Taiwanese modernist poetry. This book emphasizes the diversity and intensity of experiences of place and placelessness in the work of five poets: Lomen, Luo Fu, Rong Zi, Yu Guangzhong and Zheng Chouyu. It shows how place becomes placelessness and analyses the poets' responses to the phenomenon of placelessness. more...
The Chinese Translation of Russian Literature
BRILL 2008; US$ 177.00Offers a history of the translation, transmission and interpretation of modernist Russian literature in China during the first half of the 20th century. This book shows the crucial role of English, German and Japanese translations in mediating knowledge of Russian literature in China. more...
Chen Jiru (1558-1639)
BRILL 2007; US$ 173.00Chen Jiru (1558-1639) was one of the great late-Ming arbiters of culture and taste, and the impact of his innovations can still be traced in present-day China. In late Ming, when culture and taste enjoyed a social prestige beyond their usual standing, Chen's influence appears even greater than it may have otherwise. This is the first major work... more...









