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Designed for business travellers, tourists and professionals who want to prepare to meet the Chinese on their own ground, either socially or in business situations. Divided into two parts: practical instructions on learning Chinese, and situational dialogues. It includes an audio cassette providing dialogues and exercises for practising the Chinese …

Fayin: Mandarin Pronunciation is the first of a three-part Chinese multimedia language resource series on CD-ROM. The series is intended to enhance the teaching and learning of modern Chinese standard language (Mandarin) at beginner and intermediate levels. The series comprises three user-friendly computer resource programs.Fayin includes an introd …

Known for his pioneering work in Chinese historical phonetics, EdwinPulleyblank has compiled this Lexicon to present in convenientdictionary form the result of his researches on the phonology of MiddleChinese and its evolution to Mandarin.

The Lexicon complements Pulleyblank's earlier book, MiddleChinese, by providing reconstructed pronunciation for …

Published in the early part of this century, Bernhard Karlgren'sclassic work Etudes sur la phonologie chinoise laid the foundation inwestern sinology for the scientific reconstruction of Chinesepronunciation. In this present study E.G. Pulleyblank gives the firstfull-scale review of Karlgren's work, taking into account advancesin knowledge over the …

The final CD-ROM in a Chinese multimedia language resource series, Shizi introduces Chinese characters to beginner and intermediate students of modern Chinese standard language (Mandarin). Shizi teaches over 1,300 characters, including the most common 1,000 characters used in China today, with animated demonstrations of stroke order, instruction of …

Tingli, a set of multimedia CD-ROMs, helps students to develop and practice listening comprehension in a simulated immersion environment. This series guides students in recognizing and practising speech patterns that are most frequently used in China. Chinese idioms, proverbs, songs, poems, geographical terms, and other cross-cultural content are i …

Tingli, a set of multimedia CD-ROMs, helps students to develop and practice listening comprehension in a simulated immersion environment. This series guides students in recognizing and practising speech patterns that are most frequently used in China. Chinese idioms, proverbs, songs, poems, geographical terms, and other cross-cultural content are i …