中国的语言

Preface

Annotating Abbreviations

Chapter One： An Overview of the Chinese Language

Languages of the Han Chinese and Chinese Ethnic Groups

Mandarin， Putonghua and Chinese Dialects

Classic Chinese and Modern Chinese

The Speech and Writing of Modern Chinese

Chinese Characters and Their Changes

Pinyin and the Computer Input of Chinese Characters

Chapter Two： The Phonology of Mandarin Chinese

Classification and Representation of Pinyin Sounds

Simple Initials

Compound Initials

Simple Finals

Compound Finals

Summary： All Pinyin Sounds

Special Cases： Sound Change （Sandhi）

Chapter Three： Tones of Mandarin Chinese

The Tone and Meaning in Mandarin Chinese

Change of Tones in Context

The Light Tone Suffix in Orientation Words

Summary

Chapter Four： Chinese Words and Phrases

Chinese Word Structures

Content Words and Function Words

Substantive Words

Predicate Words

Function Words

Word Groups

Chapter Five： The Basic Structures of Chinese Sentences

Sentence Components and Word Order

The Sentence Subject

The Sentence Predicate

Chapter Six： Complex Sentences and Compact Sentences

The Complex Sentence and Simple Sentence

Complex Relations and Connectives

Compact Sentences

Compact Sentence Connectives

Omission of Connectives in Compact Sentences

Chapter Seven： Summary： Features of Chinese Mandarin

China， a country of appealing mysteries. The Chinese nation， a nation intermittently strong and weak， honorable and infamous， awake and asleep， with a history of fivemillennia at the shortest and probably longer， has experienced the higheststage of ancient civilization in the most prosperous dynasties of the world，and made indelible contributions to the advance of human societies. As theworld's biggest nation， the Chinese people account for approximately aquarter of the whole population on earth. And as a standing member of the UN Security Council， it is exerting enor-mous influence on international affairs. Economically speaking， it is theworld's largest consumer market and human resource reservoir， as well asthe largest base of processing industries. Over the recent three decades， China's opening to the world has broughtabout unprecedented contact with the people of all other countries， result-ing in great advancement of the Chinese society and drastic growth of itseconomy， which have drawn ever greater attention of the world. Now again as in the past when China was in its prime， the world find itimpossible to overlook China and its people.

Chinese Rites and Rituals
Chinese Food Life Care
Chinese Physical Exercises and Health Care
Chinese Folk Customs