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  • The Languages of China

    An incredible source of information about the Chinese language and China’s minority languagesIn this accessible and informative book, S. Robert Ramsey lucidly explains what the Chinese language is—its social and geographical situation, its history, its range of dialects, the structure of the modern standard language, and the writing system. He goes on to describe the languages of China’s national ... En savoir plus

    $54.99 CAD

  • Creating Wealth

    Your Breakthrough Guide To Wealth Accumulation, Material Wealth, Personal Wealth, Financial Wealth

    par Robert Ramsey ...
    The official guide to wealth accumulation, material wealth, personal wealth, financial wealth and much more. ... En savoir plus

    $6.83 CAD

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    Structure, Use and Context

    par Jae Jung Song ...
    Suitable for students of all levels, this book provides a general description of the Korean language by highlighting important structural aspects whilst keeping technical details to a minimum. By examining the Korean language in its geographical, historical, social and cultural context the reader is able to gain a good understanding of its speakers and the environment in which it is used. The book ... En savoir plus

    $114.99 CAD

  • A Billion Voices

    China's Search for a Common Language: Penguin Specials

    par David Moser ...
    Collections series Penguin China | Penguin Specials
    Mandarin, Guoyu or Putonghua? 'Chinese' is a language known by many names, and China is a country home to many languages. Since the turn of the twentieth century linguists and politicians have been on a mission to create a common language for China. From the radical intellectuals of the May Fourth Movement, to leaders such as Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, all fought linguistic wars to push the ... En savoir plus

    $10.19 CAD

  • Languages of the World

    An Introduction

    Are you curious to know what all human languages have in common and in what ways they differ? Do you want to find out how language can be used to trace different peoples and their past? Then this book is for you! Now in its third edition, it guides beginners through the rich diversity of the world's languages. It presupposes no background in linguistics, and introduces the reader to linguistic ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

  • An Anatomy of Chinese

    Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics

    par Perry Link ...
    During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to “smash the four olds”: old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted “We want to see Chairman Mao,” they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates back to the Han period and is the very embodiment of the four olds. An Anatomy of Chinese reveals how rhythms, conceptual ... En savoir plus

    $58.29 CAD

  • Calligraphy and Power in Contemporary Chinese Society

    par Yuehping Yen ...
    Collections series Anthropology of Asia
    This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing. ... En savoir plus

    $114.99 CAD

  • Languages of the World

    An Introduction

    Are you curious to know what all languages have in common and how they differ? Do you want to find out how language can be used to trace different peoples and their past? Now in its fourth edition, this fascinating book guides beginners through the rich diversity of the world's languages. It presupposes no background in linguistics, and introduces key concepts with the help of problem sets, end-of ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • Chinese

    par Jerry Norman ...
    Collections series Cambridge Language Surveys
    This general introduction to the study of the Chinese language traces its history from its beginings in the second millennium BC to the present day and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese in its numerous dialect forms, has more speakers than any language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brings to its study an ... En savoir plus

    $84.79 CAD

  • Ancient China and the Yue

    Perceptions and Identities on the Southern Frontier, c.400 BCE–50 CE

    In this innovative study, Erica Fox Brindley examines how, during the period 400 BCE–50 CE, Chinese states and an embryonic Chinese empire interacted with peoples referred to as the Yue/Viet along its southern frontier. Brindley provides an overview of current theories in archaeology and linguistics concerning the peoples of the ancient southern frontier of China, the closest relations on the ... En savoir plus

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  • Lost Tongues of the Red River

    Annamese Middle Chinese & the Origins of the Vietnamese Language

    par John D. Phan ...
    Collections Livre 476 - Harvard East Asian Monographs
    Among the world’s languages, Vietnamese provides unique insight into the cosmopolitan dynamism of premodern Asia. Modern notions of language history are often constrained by nationalist narratives, focused on bolstering a particular nation’s social, cultural, or political identities. A closer look at the Vietnamese language reveals a rich record of interaction and transformation that does not fit ... En savoir plus

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  • The Crafting of the 10,000 Things

    Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China

    par Dagmar Schäfer ...
    The last decades of the Ming dynasty, though plagued by chaos and destruction, saw a significant increase of publications that examined advances in knowledge and technology. Among the numerous guides and reference books that appeared during this period was a series of texts by Song Yingxing (1587–1666?), a minor local official living in southern China. His Tiangong kaiwu, the longest and most ... En savoir plus

    $39.59 CAD