Chinese - Po-Ching Yip

This new edition is a concise reference guide to modern Chinese grammar. It presents a description of the language setting out the complexities in short, readable sections.Features include:a new chapter on paragraph development; Chinese characters, as well as pinyin; translations into English.@contents: Selected Contents: Introduction 1 Nouns
2 Numerals
3 Measures for nouns
4 Pronouns
5 Adjectives and attributives
6 Predicates
7 The verb y{ov}u
8 Aspect markers
9 Motion verbs
10 Time
11 Location
12 Duration and frequency
13 Complements
14 Adverbials
15 Modal and similar verbs
16 Statements
17 Questions
18 Subject and predicate
19 Prepositions and coverbs
20 B{av} and b?i constructions
21 Serial constructions
22 Emphasis
23 Abbreviation and omission
24 Composite sentences
25 Exclamations
26 Sample Paragraphs
Glossary
Index