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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Liwei Jiao , Yan Yang , Wei LiuPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 1.406kg ISBN: 9781138999527ISBN 10: 1138999520 Pages: 900 Publication Date: 22 January 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction List of abbreviations and grammatical terms List of 302 themes Structure and organization of entries A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Appendix one: English index of 302 themes Appendix two: Pinyin index of 302 themes Appendix three: English and Pinyin index of 1,000 cultural and linguistic tips Appendix four: Stroke index of 1,000 cultural and linguistic tipsReviews'A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a real breakthrough in the field of Chinese dictionaries. In addition to the thematic classification, which is very convenient to use, one of the great qualities of this dictionary is to indicate the meaning of each character, unlike dictionaries published in China, and thus to respect the ideographic nature of Chinese writing. This will be much appreciated by Chinese learners!' Joël Bellassen, Président de l'Association Française des Professeurs de Chinois. A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a real breakthrough in the field of Chinese dictionaries. In addition to the thematic classification, which is very convenient to use, one of the great qualities of this dictionary is to indicate the meaning of each character, unlike dictionaries published in China, and thus to respect the ideographic nature of Chinese writing. This will be much appreciated by Chinese learners! Joel Bellassen, President de l'Association Francaise des Professeurs de Chinois. 'A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a real breakthrough in the field of Chinese dictionaries. In addition to the thematic classification, which is very convenient to use, one of the great qualities of this dictionary is to indicate the meaning of each character, unlike dictionaries published in China, and thus to respect the ideographic nature of Chinese writing. This will be much appreciated by Chinese learners!' Joel Bellassen, President de l'Association Francaise des Professeurs de Chinois. Author InformationLiwei Jiao is Lecturer of Chinese at Brown University, USA. Besides his rich experience of teaching Chinese at various levels at Renmin University of China, Durham University and University of Pennsylvania for 20 years, he publishes extensively in Chinese phraseology, language and culture, and Chinese phonetics. Among his many publications are 500 Common Chinese Idioms (co-authored, 2010), 500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions (co-authored, 2013), Crossing Cultural Boundaries (co-authored, 2009, 2015) and A Cultural Dictionary of the Chinese Language (forthcoming). He is a contributor to The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language (edited by Sin-Wai Chan, 2016) and Encyclopedia of China (3rd edition, forthcoming). Yan Yang is Associate Professor of Chinese in the College of International Students of Southeast University, China. She was a visiting scholar at Emory University, USA, from 2015 to 2017. Her publications include Pragmatic Quantitative Research on Shi Structure of Modern Chinese (2014). Wei Liu is an Instructor in Chinese at the Hotchkiss School, USA. Prior to going to Hotchkiss, she spent seven years teaching Chinese at Harvard University, Brown University, and Wesleyan University. Wei Liu is also an AP Chinese Reader for the Educational Testing Service and a Chinese Rater for The Praxis Series assessments. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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