Practical Grammar of Modern Chinese I: Overview and Notional Words - Paperback

by Liu Yuehua (Author), Pan Wenyu (Author), Gu Wei (Author)

This volume introduces the general grammar system and demonstrates the use of notional words in modern Chinese grammar. It belongs to a four-volume set which is one of the earliest and most influential works on Chinese grammar.

Author Biography

Liu Yuehua (1937-2019) was a distinguished Chinese linguist, winner of the Walton Lifetime Achievement Award of the Chinese Language Teachers Association of USA, a professor at the Beijing Language and Culture University, and a leading author of the well-known Integrated Chinese textbook series. She also taught at Wellesley College, MIT, and Harvard University.

Pan Wenyu graduated from Peking University and taught Chinese as foreign language for more than 50 years. She specialized in Chinese grammar and teaching techniques.

Gu Wei (Zhao Shuhua) is a retired professor of the masters of teaching Chinese as a second language, Beijing Language and Culture University. She has authored 20 papers and is the co-author of The Study on Parts of Speech (1996).