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Paperback. The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841948
- ISBN
- 9781603841948
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.17
€ 21.99
€ 17.17
The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841955
- ISBN
- 9781603841955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.50€ 42.56
€ 53.50
€ 42.56
Hardback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9781603841979
- ISBN
- 9781603841979
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Condition: New
€ 52.31€ 41.70
€ 52.31
€ 41.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Tapir Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788251925365
- ISBN
- 9788251925365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. A guide describing more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature, customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely. Series: Routledge Dictionaries. Num Pages: 336 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFL; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415002288
- ISBN
- 9780415002288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Hardback. This is the first book to concentrate not only on the triumph of the vernacular in modern China but also on the critical role of the rise of the vernacular in world literature, invoking parallel cases from countries throughout Europe and Asia. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230109391
- ISBN
- 9780230109391
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Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Hardback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792305002
- ISBN
- 9780792305002
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Condition: New
€ 253.97
€ 253.97
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
Hardback. A detailed linguistic analysis of a large body of aphasic Chinese natural speech data. This work describes how the major aphasia syndromes are manifest in Chinese, a language which differs significantly from languages upon which traditional aphasia theory is based. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324669
- ISBN
- 9780792324669
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Condition: New
€ 200.81
€ 200.81
Hardback. This work is an introduction to the "state of the art" of Chinese linguistics, focusing especially on developments since the 1970s. It addresses both traditional and current theoretical research, as well as areas that represent newly cultivated frontiers in cognitive science. Editor(s): Huang, C. T. James; Li, Yen-hui Audrey. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338673
- ISBN
- 9780792338673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.29
€ 257.29
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. This work deals with a number of constructions in Mandarin Chinese which involve the main verb and the material following it, like the object NPs, resultative phrases, durative expressions and other elements. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDCM; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354628
- ISBN
- 9780792354628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.59
€ 132.59
Hardback. Provides a resource for the critical discussion of issues in learning to read Chinese from a child acquisition perspective. It features combined contributions from researchers in Asian studies, linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, reading and education. Editor(s): Li, Wenling; Gaffney, Janet S.; Packard, Jerome L. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375432
- ISBN
- 9780792375432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.13
€ 133.13
Hardback. Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century, Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310972
- ISBN
- 9781137310972
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Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. Chinese Discourse Studies presents an innovative and systematic approach to discourse and communication in contemporary China. Incorporating Chinese philosophy and theory, it offers not only a distinct cultural paradigm in the field, but also a culturally sensitive and effective tool for studying Chinese discourses. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFB; CFGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365033
- ISBN
- 9781137365033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. This innovative collection explores the life stories of Chinese women and men between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries. It draws on both biographical and autobiographical narratives and on perspectives taken from life writing theory to ask how lives were lived and written within and against the rules of the auto/biographical game. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137368560
- ISBN
- 9781137368560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Rapid advances in computing have enabled the integration of corpora into language teaching and learning, yet in China corpus methods have not yet been widely adopted. Corpus Linguistics in Chinese Contexts aims to advance the state of the art in the use of corpora in applied linguistics and contribute to the expertise in corpus use in China. Editor(s): Zou, Bin; Hoey, Michael. Series: New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440020
- ISBN
- 9781137440020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFB; CFDM; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506238
- ISBN
- 9781137506238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 258 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512253
- ISBN
- 9781137512253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Through both cultural and literary analysis, this book examines gender in relation to late Qing and modern Chinese intellectuals, including Mu Shiying, Bai Wei, and Lu Xun. Tackling important, previously neglected questions, Zhu ultimately shows the resilience and malleability of Chinese modernity through its progressive views on femininity. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 198 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516893
- ISBN
- 9781137516893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52