Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar

This book is a complete reference guide to Chinese grammar. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Chinese.The new edition explains linguistic terminology in a simple and straighforward way throughout the text. It also contains new andrevised chapters on prosody, Chinese morphology and its interaction with syntax, intralingual transpositions andinterlingual conversions.It is ideal for use in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types and will remain the standard reference work for years to come.