1st Edition

Modern Chinese Grammar III Substitution and Numeration

By WANG Li Copyright 2023
208 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Focusing on substitution and numeration of modern Chinese, this is the third volume of a classic on modern Chinese grammar by WANG Li, one of the most distinguished Chinese linguists. In this volume, the author first introduces the different types of pronoun, such as personal pronoun, indefinite pronoun, resumptive pronoun, demonstrative pronoun and interrogative pronoun. Methods of numeration... Read more

Introduction  1. Personal pronoun  2. Indefinite pronoun, reflexive pronoun, reciprocal pronoun and modified pronoun  3. Demonstrative pronoun  4. Interrogative pronoun  5. Cardinal number, ordinal number and inquiry about number  6. “一” (; one) and “一 个” (yí gè; one CLA)  7. Numeration method for person and thing  8. Numeration method for behavior

Biography

WANG Li (1900–1986) has been widely recognized as one of the founders of modern linguistics in China. He led extensive research on Chinese linguistics, covering areas such as phonetics, phonology, grammar, lexicography, historical linguistics and dialectal studies.