Handbook Of Chinese Linguistic Hardcover

C. T. James Huang

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. * Offers readers a balanced and accessible introduction to some of the most important results of research into Chinese linguistics carried out by theoretical linguists during the last thirty years * Topics covered include, among others, syntax, morphology, phonetics, phonology, language acquisition, historical linguistics, and psycholinguistics, with each chapter outlining and assessing the major achievements and controversies of research undertaken in that subject * Contributors present their own research in their field of expertise, along with competitor theories and analyses * Edited by a team of leading figures in the field, all with vast research experience in this area

9780470655344

English

John Wiley And Sons Ltd

14-04-2014

678

C. T. James Huang

Y. H. Audrey Li

a solid, broad and organized introduction to Chinese linguistics... it has much to offer both newcomers to the field and more seasoned scholars of Chinese linguistics... worth having in one s university library, if not in one s personal collection. (Linguist List, 3 November 2015)

Andrew Simpson