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The main objective of Chinese-English Contrastive Grammar An Introduction is to familiarize the reader with a subset of the learning difficulties and common errors in ESL/EFL pronunciation and lexigrammatical structures encountered by Chinese learners and users of English, in Hong Kong and beyond. It also helps readers understand some of the ways in which the Chinese language has undergone structural change as a result of Europeanization. The book begins with a review of Cantonese-English contrastive phonology and is followed by a detailed analysis of lexigrammatical deviations found among Chinese ESL/EFL learners. It concludes with a brief history of the Europeanization of the Chinese language and a discussion of commonly encountered lingua-cultural problems encountered by Chinese users of English in intercultural communication settings. This book is written primarily for teachers and students specializing in language-related disciplines. Scholars who wish to understand the acquisitional challenges for Chinese students in the process of learning English as an additional language will also find the book an informative reference.Product Identifiers
PublisherHong KONG University Press
ISBN-109888390864
ISBN-139789888390861
eBay Product ID (ePID)27046596591
Product Key Features
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChinese-English Contrastive Grammar : an Introduction
Publication Year2017
SubjectLinguistics / Phonetics & Phonology, Chinese, Linguistics / General
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorC. S. David Li, Pei Sui Zoe Luk
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Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight10.1 oz.
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in