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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2023

Yongping Zhu  and
Chu-Ren Huang
Yongping Zhu
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Chu-Ren Huang
Affiliation:
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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A Student Grammar of Chinese , pp. xi - xii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  1. 2.1Comparison of Lego and grammar

  2. 3.1The structure of Chinese syllables

  3. 3.2Pitch contours of Chinese (Mandarin) tones

  4. 3.3Tones, tone marks, and pitches

  5. 3.4The pitches of the neutral tone

  6. 3.5Tone change for 一 yī (one)

  7. 3.6Tone change for 不 bù (not)

  8. 3.7Chinese initials and the corresponding English sounds

  9. 3.8Chinese finals and the corresponding English sounds

  10. 3.9Tones in two syllabic combinations

  11. 4.1Evolution of Chinese scripts

  12. 4.2Additional common radicals

  13. 5.1Functions of Chinese parts of speech

  14. 5.2Chinese parts of speech

  15. 6.1Types of Chinese nouns

  16. 7.1Reading the number 134,567,892

  17. 7.2Reading of 零 líng (zero)

  18. 7.3Chinese numbers

  19. 8.1Indefinite measure words

  20. 8.2Examples of quasi-measure words

  21. 8.3Examples of temporary measure words

  22. 8.4The meaning of reduplicated MWs and 每 měi (every)

  23. 9.1Demonstrative pronouns

  24. 9.2Pronunciations of 这/這 zhè, 那 nà, and 哪 nǎ

  25. 9.3Nouns and pronouns used with zhèr/nàr as a place word

  26. 9.4The position of interrogative pronoun 谁/誰 shéi (who) and answer in a sentence

  27. 9.5The types of Chinese pronouns

  28. 10.1The types of events/activities described by verbs

  29. 11.1Examples of words used with 要 yào (want) and 想 xiǎng (would like)

  30. 12.1The meanings and grammatical features of Chinese adjectives

  31. 14.1Correct/incorrect expressions with locative prepositions

  32. 14.2The features and meanings of prepositions

  33. 15.1The main grammatical relations indicated by conjunctions

  34. 16.1The affirmative and negative forms of aspectual particles

  35. 16.2The particle 吗/嗎 ma CANNOT be used with other interrogative sentences

  36. 17.1Steps for dividing components of a sentence

  37. 18.1Correct and incorrect expressions for the negation of verbs

  38. 18.2Correct and incorrect expressions for the negation of nouns and numerals

  39. 20.1The major differences of potential and manner complements

  40. 20.2Compound directional complements

  41. 20.3Types of complements

  42. 21.1The differences between the attributive and the adverbial

  43. 22.1The bǎ sentences and the corresponding SVO sentences

  44. 22.2The obligatory conditions of using the bǎ construction with more complex complements

  45. 23.1A comparison of the bǎ construction and the bèi construction

  46. 24.1Yes–no questions

  47. 24.2Question-word questions

  48. 24.3Affirmative–negative (A-not-A) questions

  49. 24.4Alternative (A 还是/還是 háishi B) questions

  50. 24.5Types of questions and their features

  51. 25.1The types of comparisons

  52. 26.1Place words (PW)

  53. 26.2The types of existential sentences

  54. 27.1The main features of the two emphatic constructions

  55. 29.1The types and common correlatives of complicated sentences

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