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Paperback. Offers a look at contemporary Chinese society. This book covers such topics as: buying a home versus having a child; consumer exports to America; depression; online dating; cell phones; empty-nest syndrome; fast food; the Virginia Tech massacre; medicine; the 2008 Sichuan earthquake; and, global warming. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146911
- ISBN
- 9780691146911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.86€ 62.72
€ 80.86
€ 62.72
Paperback. Written from the perspective of a foreign student who has just arrived in China, this title provides the lessons and learning materials about the changing face of China. It includes lessons on daily life, such as doing laundry and getting a haircut, as well as visiting the zoo, night markets, and the Great Wall. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CJBR; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 277 x 219 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148366
- ISBN
- 9780691148366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.86€ 62.72
€ 80.86
€ 62.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Chou, Chih-p'ing; Wang, Ying; Wang, Xuedong. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 280 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172484
- ISBN
- 9780691172484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.34
€ 65.40
€ 51.34
Paperback. Provides students with essential lessons for advancing their Chinese language skills, and also introduces important aspects of contemporary Chinese society and culture. It incorporates suggestions from years of student and teacher feedback, and includes lessons as well as vocabulary glosses, grammar explanations, and exercises. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 281 x 18. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153094
- ISBN
- 9780691153094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.72€ 57.47
€ 73.72
€ 57.47
Paperback. Suitable for advanced beginners or 'heritage learners' who already speak some Chinese but require instruction in reading and writing fundamentals before moving to the intermediate level, this title contains lessons, grammar notes, and exercises. It offers foundations in pronunciation, characters, and grammar. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 280 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153087
- ISBN
- 9780691153087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.72€ 57.47
€ 73.72
€ 57.47
Paperback. Suitable for students who have completed at least two years of college Chinese, this title includes topics that are relevant to contemporary Chinese society, such as the increasing divisions between the rich and poor, the conflict between economic development and environmental protection, and changing attitudes toward sex and marriage. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153100
- ISBN
- 9780691153100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.72€ 57.47
€ 73.72
€ 57.47
Paperback. Covers topics that are essential to understanding contemporary Chinese society, including changing attitudes toward women and marriage, the one-child policy, economic development, China's ethnic minorities, and debates surrounding Taiwan and Hong Kong. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153117
- ISBN
- 9780691153117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.72€ 57.47
€ 73.72
€ 57.47
Paperback. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 280 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162935
- ISBN
- 9780691162935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.83€ 48.71
€ 61.83
€ 48.71
Paperback. Offers a description of the grammar of Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms. This title focuses on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 986. A Functional Reference Grammar. 720 pages, illustrations. Offers a description of the grammar of Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms. This title focuses on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF; CJBG. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 44. Weight: 974.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520066106
- ISBN
- 9780520066106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; BGL; DSB; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638980
- ISBN
- 9780691638980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 237.61
€ 237.61
Hardback. Li Mengyang (1473 1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li's quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; BGH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970595
- ISBN
- 9780674970595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Hardcover. Focusing on its adaptation in the Chinese context, Catherine Vance Yeh traces the rise of the political novel to international renown between the 1830s and the 1910s. Yeh explores in detail the tensions characteristic of transcultural processes, among them the dynamics through which a particular, and seemingly local, literary genre goes global. Num Pages: 441 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504356
- ISBN
- 9780674504356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.39€ 54.73
€ 59.39
€ 54.73
Hardback. Presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. This title combines syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and offers linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Navajo and Russian. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2AGR; 2GDC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346579
- ISBN
- 9780792346579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.69
€ 256.69
Hardback. Presents a unified theory of aspect as a parameter of universal grammar. The text provides syntactic, semantic and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, as well as linguistic analysis of five languages with very different aspectual systems: French, English, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Navajo. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 490 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2AGR; 2GDC; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792311362
- ISBN
- 9780792311362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.12
€ 259.12
Paperback. Presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. This book provides an unusual combination of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and gives detailed linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Navajo and Russian. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2AGR; 2GDC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1160.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346593
- ISBN
- 9780792346593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 287.29
€ 287.29
Paperback. Translator(s): Yang, Xianyi. Num Pages: 2580 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 112 x 93. Weight in Grams: 1470. New Approaches to Learning Chinese. 2555 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJ. Dimension: 181 x 112 x 93. Weight: 1514. Translator(s): Yang Xianyi.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Foreign Languages Press
- Edition
- Box
- Number of pages
- 2580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9787119006437
- ISBN
- 9787119006437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.30
€ 52.99
€ 52.30
Hardcover. The area of cognitive processing of Chinese and Japanese attracts a great deal of attention by leading cognitive psychologists. The interactive-activation model provides the phonologic-orthographic links in processing both language systems. This volume helps readers understand this topic. Editor(s): Leong, C. K.; Tamaoka, Katsuo. Series: Neuropsychology and Cognition. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GJ; CFD; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Reprinted from READING AND WRITING, 10:3-5, 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354796
- ISBN
- 9780792354796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.47
€ 200.47
Hardcover. The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics presents critical overviews of a wide range of major topics in Chinese linguistics, and is the first book to introduce Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 678 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 252 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655344
- ISBN
- 9780470655344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.55
€ 237.55
Paperback. Republication of the pioneering classic study of modern Chinese fiction. Num Pages: 776 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 776
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213112
- ISBN
- 9780253213112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.45
€ 37.99
€ 34.45
Hardcover. This pioneering, classic study of 20th-century Chinese fiction covers some sixty years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629966614
- ISBN
- 9789629966614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.83
€ 83.83