Download or read book Hacking Chinese written by Olle Linge and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning Chinese can be frustrating and difficult, partly because it's very different from European languages. Following a teacher, textbook or language course is not enough. They show you the characters, words and grammar you need to become proficient in Chinese, but they don't teach you how to learn them! Regardless of what program you're in (if any), you need to take responsibility for your own learning. If you don't, you will miss many important things that aren't included in the course you're taking. If you study on your own, you need to be even more aware of what you need to do, what you're doing at the moment and the difference between them. Here are some of the questions I have asked and have since been asked many times by students: How do I learn characters efficiently? How do I get the most out of my course or teacher? Which are the best learning tools and resources? How can I become fluent in Mandarin? How can I improve my pronunciation? How do I learn successfully on my own? How can I motivate myself to study more? How can I fit learning Chinese into a busy schedule? The answers I've found to these questions and many others form the core of this book. It took eight years of learning, researching, teaching and writing to figure these things out. Not everybody has the time to do that! I can't go back in time and help myself learn in a better way, but I can help you! This book is meant for normal students and independent language learners alike. While it covers all major areas of learning, you won't learn Chinese just by reading this book. It's like when someone on TV teaches you how to cook: you won't get to eat the delicious dish just by watching the program; you have to do the cooking yourself. That's true for this book as well. When you apply what you learn, it will boost your learning, making every hour you spend count for more, but you still have to do the learning yourself. This is what a few readers have said about the book: "The book had me nodding at a heap of things I'd learnt the hard way, wishing I knew them when I started, as well as highlighting areas that I'm currently missing in my study." - Geoff van der Meer, VP engineering "This publication is like a bible for anyone serious about Chinese proficiency. It's easy for anyone to read and written with scientific precision." - Zachary Danz, foreign teacher, children's theatre artist About me I started learning Chinese when I was 23 (that's more than eight years ago now) and have since studied in many different situations, including serious immersion programs abroad, high-intensity programs in Sweden, online courses, as well as on the side while working or studying other things. I have also successfully used my Chinese in a graduate program for teaching Chinese as a second language, taught entirely in Chinese mostly for native speakers (the Graduate Institute for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University). All these parts have contributed to my website, Hacking Chinese, where I write regularly about how to learn Mandarin.
Download or read book Acoustical Studies of Mandarin Vowels and Tones written by John Marshall Howie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1976-02-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1976, this book applies the techniques of acoustic phonetics to Mandarin Chinese.
Download or read book A Synchronic Phonology of Mandarin Chinese written by Chin-Chuan Cheng and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Synchronic Phonology of Mandarin Chinese.
Download or read book The Vowels and Tones of Mandarin Chinese written by John Marshall Howie and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sound Systems of Mandarin Chinese and English written by Tsung Chin and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Phonological History of Chinese written by Zhongwei Shen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the phonological history of Chinese, exploring the development of its standard phonological systems over the past 2500 years. It will be a key reference work for historical linguists and phonologists in general, as well as being of particular interest to students and scholars of Chinese/Asian languages and their history.
Download or read book Glossika Chinese Pronunciation Tone Training written by Michael Campbell and published by Glossika. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice Pinyin pronunciation and tone of any Mandarin syllable. Over 2000 practice examples in addition to historical tone development. Introduction to Pinyin Consonants and Vowels with IPA transcriptions • 35 Lessons practicing 385 syllables in each of 5 tones: pinyin with IPA transcriptions • 16 Lessons practicing 1082 words with 2-syllable tone combinations • 64 Lessons practicing 2048 words with 3-syllable tone combinations What's Inside • Traditional and Simplified side by side • Pinyin spelling of each entry • Middle Chinese tone class to help you transfer to Cantonese, et al • Characters in 入 tone category have -p, -t, -k, -c superscript to assist transfer to Cantonese, et al Sign up and start a 7-day free trial: ✓ iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/app/glossika-language-learning/id1597902556 ✓ Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glossika.ai (* You can also download this ebook for free here: https://ai.glossika.com/free-download)
Download or read book An Acoustic Phonetic Study on Tones in Mandarin Chinese written by Chiu-yu Tseng and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acoustical Studies of Mandarin Vowels and Tones written by John Marshall Howie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1976, the sixth book in the Princeton-Cambridge Studies in Chinese Linguistics series was one of the first in any language to apply the techniques of acoustic phonetics to Mandarin Chinese. The present volume describes the acoustic cues for the perception of nine vowels and four tones (that is, patterns of voice pitch that serve to distinguish words). The description is based on an analysis of the speech of one male speaker of the Peking dialect, the results of which were used to determine the dimensions of a set of synthetic vowels and tones. In a series of perception tests these synthetic speech samples were presented to a group of twelve Mandarin speakers for identification with Mandarin characters. The series represents a systematic and highly detailed linguistic analysis of the Chinese languages. It provides a sophisticated working-tool and a comprehensive library of reference.
Download or read book Mandarin Tones in Selected Sentence Environments written by Ai Chen Ting and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Outline of Mandarin Phonetics written by Francis D. M. Dow and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book written by Raymond Huang and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on phonetic and contrastive methods, the book is not only useful for the learning and teaching of Mandarin pronunciation but also as a contribution to comparative linguistics.
Download or read book Master Chinese Tones written by CELINE WEI-CHIEH CHEN and published by Celine Wei-Chieh Chen . This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of original and unique tongue twisters created for practicing Mandarin tones and pronunciation to all learners. Also a book for kids and adults to warming up their mouth muscles before reading Chinese. For years, tongue twisters are good practice for children as they learn to form words, phrases, and vowels. So there was an idea came up in my mind that why not use the same method for adults in learning a foreign language? As we’re aware of the fact that many adults love tongue twisters just as much as kids. For this reason, all the twisters in this book are adult- friendly. Because we wanted to combine some of the best combinations of words to give your tongue and mouth the strongest workout while learning Chinese pronunciation. You will be surprised at how many of the shorter tongue twisters are the trickiest!! After reading this book, you can * Grasp the idea of Mandarin phonetic system. * Pronounce the tones accurately. * Differentiate the two similar sounds and meanings from the words. * Avoid use wrong words or tones while speaking Mandarin. * Learn basic Chinese sentence structure without learning grammar. * Feel confident in speaking Mandarin without worry about the pronunciation. Also, when reading this book, understand that the twisters will be a bit of a brain-teaser. Since most of sentences aren’t created to make logical sense, you may find yourself laughing at what you are reading after knowing the meaning of the sentences. Ultimately, this is just a fun little book made to keep your interested in Mandarin. So enjoy reading the book and feel the beauty of sounds of Chinese. I bet you will be entertained with these tongue twisters for hours.
Download or read book An Introduction to the Pronunciation of Chinese written by Francis D. M. Dow and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Roots of Old Chinese written by Laurent Sagart and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phonology, morphology and lexicon of late Zhou Chinese are examined in this volume. It is argued that a proper understanding of Old Chinese morphology is essential in correctly reconstructing the phonology. Based on evidence from word-families, modern dialects and related words in neighboring languages, Old Chinese words are claimed to consist of a monosyllabic root, to which a variety of derivational affixes attached. This made Old Chinese typologically more like modern languages such as Khmer, Gyarong or Atayal, than like Middle and modern Chinese, where only faint traces of the old morphology remain. In the first part of the book, the author proposes improvements to Baxter's system of reconstruction, regarding complex initials and rhymes, and then reviews in great detail the Old Chinese affixal morphology. New proposals on phonology and morphology are integrated into a coherent reconstruction system. The second part of the book consists of etymological studies of important lexical items in Old Chinese. The author demonstrates in particular the role of proportional analogy in the formation of the system of personal pronouns. Special attention is paid to contact phenomena between Chinese and neighboring languages, and unlike most literature on Sino-Tibetan the author identifies numerous Chinese loanwords into Tibeto-Burman. The book, which contains a lengthy list of reconstructions, an index of characters and a general index, is intended for linguists and cultural historians, as well as advanced students.
Download or read book Processing Vowels and Lexical Tone in Mandarin Chinese written by Yun Ye and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Phonology of Standard Chinese written by San Duanmu and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study of Chinese phonology covers both factual description and theoretical analyses. In addition, efforts have been made to avoid unecessary jargon and to introduce relevant theories in a non-technical way.
