Mandarin speech

Author: Jin Youjing
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is one of the series on Chinese language knowledge, explaining the pronunciation of Mandarin. It is a popular and informative read introduced by the Commercial Press. Written by the renowned linguist Jin Youjing, it offers both general introductions to Chinese language knowledge and research findings in linguistics. It reflects academic rigor while also being accessible to the general public, making it a reference book for faculty and students of liberal arts at colleges and universities, as well as language and text workers. The book is divided into nine parts: Overview of Pronunciation, Consonants and Initials, Vowels and Finals, Tones, Syllables, Sound Changes, Phonemes, Intonation and Reading, and Standardization of Pronunciation, introducing the pronunciation of Mandarin.