Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar
Edwin G. Pulleyblank
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Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to the syntactical analysis of classical Chinese. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar is a comprehensive introduction to the syntactical analysis of classical Chinese. Focusing on the language of the high classical period, which ranges from the time of Confucius to the unification of the empire by Qin in 221, the book pays particular attention to the Mencius, the Lunyu, and, to a lesser extent, the Zuozhuan texts. Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar starts with a brief historical overview and a discussion of the relation between the writing system and the phonology. This is followed by an outline of overall principles of word order and ... Read more
Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar is a comprehensive introduction to the syntactical analysis of classical Chinese. Focusing on the language of the high classical period, which ranges from the time of Confucius to the unification of the empire by Qin in 221, the book pays particular attention to the Mencius, the Lunyu, and, to a lesser extent, the Zuozhuan texts. Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar starts with a brief historical overview and a discussion of the relation between the writing system and the phonology. This is followed by an outline of overall principles of word order and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774805414
SKU
V9780774805414
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About Edwin G. Pulleyblank
Edwin G. Pulleyblank is a professor emeritus in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Reviews for Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar
By any measure the most important book-length work on Classical Chinese grammar to have appeared in a Western language since Gabelentz's comprehensive grammar of more than a century ago ... a very sophisticated and scholarly treatment of Classical Chinese grammar, it is all the same entirely appropriate for even a beginning-level class.
William G. Boltz
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William G. Boltz
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