Understanding and Using Chinese Grammar (Bilingual Edition) 汉语语法理解与应用

by Zhou Xiaogeng

“Interesting,” “practical,” and “unique” are the right words for describing this grammar book. This book not only introduces the fundamental knowledge about the Chinese language but also, and more importantly, reveals the reasons behind the principles and rules, which helps learners to understand this language and apply the grammar rules well.


This grammar book actually gets learners out of the boring elements, such as excessive memorizing and drilling, for learning a new language, and it helps learners to create the correct the words and sentences similar to what they do in mathematical calculations. Only in this way can learners radically accelerate their learning process and get more fun from learning a new language.


Easy and Plain: There are almost no obscure linguistic concepts or professional terms included in this book, so readers do not need to have any special background knowledge. This book is written in the style of daily language, and readers will find it very user-friendly.


Simple but Profound: The content is developed from a totally new angle basing it on the common sense of people and extending not only the phenomena and basic grammar rules but also the reason and mechanism under the surface. Readers can easily understand the rules and then apply them much more freely.


Vivid and Intuitive: Many charts and diagrams are employed to show the concepts and mechanisms in a vivid and intuitive way. Additionally, most of the grammar rules are extended in a formula-like way so that readers can apply them effectively.


Culture Connecting: About one hundred photos are included in this book not only showing present daily life in China but also corresponding to the language instruction in this book. Readers can easily find the connection between the language and the culture.


“汉语难学”是很多海外学习者普遍的感受，破解这个困境的根本在于：让学习者真正理解汉语复杂表面之下的“简单”：我们需要让学习者理解汉语自身的思维方式特点、理解语法规则与语言习惯的深层次的合理性。只有帮助学习者真正把握了汉语的“经络”，才能在根本上提高学习效率。这本书就是基于上面的目标编写的。你会发现，它是本语法书，但不仅仅是本语法书。就理论体系、内容选择以及编排方式而言，它更适合用于国际汉语课堂教学。主要特点是：


风格简明亲切: 书中几乎没有使用任何语言学专业词汇，因此读者并不需要具备任何语言学专业背景知识。全书采用了贴近日常生活的语言风格，让读者觉得熟悉而且亲切，就如同进行一场轻松有趣的讨论。


讲解深入浅出: 基于人们的普遍共知，从全新角度阐释汉语语言现象及语法规则背后的原因与机制。


内容丰富全面: 针对海外汉语学习者特点划定语言知识内容，“以用为本”。在整体上与传统语法书所要达至的知识目标一致，殊途同归。


展示生动直观: 书中运用示意图，直观展示了汉语中的概念与机制。另外采用了类似“类似数学公式”的方式展现语法运用规则，便于读者快速参照使用。


语言与文化融合: 全书包含了将近200张当今中国社会生活照片，与每个章节的语言知识密切融合, 达到“学汉语，知文化”的综合目标。

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First published October 1, 2013

About the author

I once heard that everyone carries a mission when he or she comes to this world.

I realized something important: to help learners radically increase efficiency in the learning process, they first needed to understand this language. That is, they needed to know the specific way of thinking beneath the surface and to catch the rationalities in rules and the ways in which to apply them. It is similar to how we learn math: we always focus on the philosophies and approaches, and we never try to memorize the equations and the results.

Most people find great pleasure in thinking and creating in their own way, but it also calls for more hard work to make any progress. In the coming days, I will do just like many others would do with their own dreams. I want to fulfill my mission well: to create good things for learners so that they can learn this ancient and vibrant language in a much easier and interesting way.