Wang Li's Miscellaneous Essays on Chinese

Author: Wang Li
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Wang Li is a first-class professor at the Department of Chinese, Peking University, one of the founders of modern Chinese linguistics, an outstanding linguist, educator, translator, prose writer, and poet. He was a member of the Philosophy and Social Sciences Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His major works include more than 40 books such as Poetic and Prose Rhythm, Ten Lectures on Poetic and Prose Rhythm, Introduction to Chinese Language (also known as Linguistic Talks), Common Knowledge of Ancient Chinese, Introduction to Phonology, Ancient Chinese, Outline of Chinese Grammar, Dictionary of Homonymous Words, Draft of the History of the Chinese Language, and Random Notes from the Studio of Dragon, Insect, and Carving (among others). The content of this book includes: A Brief Introduction to Chinese, Discussing the Standardization of Chinese, A Brief Introduction to Orthography, Writing, Pronunciation, and Meaning of Characters.