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A Semantic Study of the Classifier Tiao.
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Tai, James; Wang, Lianqing – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
A pilot study attempting to determine the feasibility and value of a cognition-based study of classifiers in Chinese demonstrated that the use of the classifier "tiao" was not an arbitrary linguistic device of categorization, but represented some type of human categorization based on an imputed salient perceptual property of extension of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
Changing Speech Patterns in the People's Republic of China
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Wu, Caroline Hsiao – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1973
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Chinese, Chinese Culture, Language Patterns
The Structure of Postverbal Adverbials Associated with "De."
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Shi, Dingxu – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
Provides an analysis, based on theory-independent structural information, of the structure of postadverbials associated with the Mandarin morpheme "de," arguing that "de" does not stand for a unique morpheme, but for three homophonous ones. (24 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Usage
Some Comments on Two Popular Series of Chinese Textbooks Used in American Universities.
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He, Baozhang – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
An analysis of two textbook series commonly used to teach university-level Chinese identifies obsolete conventions, expressions, and classifiers and other problems in the series, published over 20 years ago, and suggests some updated supplementary materials that could be used with the series. (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Usage