Dreaming in Chinese : Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language /: Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language. (2010)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Dreaming in Chinese : Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language /: Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language. (2010)
- Main Title:
- Dreaming in Chinese : Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language
- Other Titles:
- Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language
- Further Information:
- Note: Deborah Fallows.
- Other Names:
- Fallows, Deborah
- Contents:
- Wŏ ài nĭ! = I love you! : the grammar of romance -- Bú yào! = Don't want, don't need! : when rude is polite -- Shī, Shí, Shĭ, Shì = Lion, ten, to make, to be : language play as a national sport -- Dăbāo = Do you do takeout? : why the Chinese hear tones, and we don't -- Lăobăixìng = Common folk : China's Ordinary Joe -- Nĭ hăo, Wŏ jiào Mínyì = Hello, my name is Public Opinion : a brief introduction to Chinese names -- Dōngbĕi = Eastnorth : finding your way in China-- the semantics of time and place -- Wŏ, Nĭ, Tā, Tā, Tā = I, you, he, she, it : disappearing pronouns and the sense of self -- Rènao = Hot-and-noisy : think like the Chinese think -- Tīng bù dŏng = I don't understand : a billion people, countless dialects -- Hànzì = Characters ; the essence of being Chinese -- Bù kĕyĭ = Not allowed : rules to follow and rules to break -- Dìzhèn = Earthquake : out of calamity, tenderness -- Nĭ de Zhōngwĕn hĕn hăo! = Your Chinese is really good! : a little goes a long way.
- Publisher Details:
- New York, N.Y : Walker & Co
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (205 pages), illustrations, map
- Subjects:
- 495.119
Cultural studies
Language and culture -- China
Chinese language -- Social aspects
Americans -- China
Americans
Chinese language -- Social aspects
Civilization
Language and culture
Manners and customs
Language Arts & Disciplines -- Translating & Interpreting
Language
China -- Civilization -- 2002-
China -- Social life and customs -- 2002-
China
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780802779243
0802779247 - Related ISBNs:
- 0802779131
9780802779137 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.70309
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- 01_087.xml