A Practical Chinese Grammar

by Hung-nin Samuel Cheung, Sze-yun Liu (Primary Contributor), Li-lin Shih (Primary Contributor)

Fifty lessons examining both structural patterns and morphological features characteristic of Mandarin Chinese. The book describes cultural idiosyncrasies in language use as well as gives discoursal strategies for forming sustained conversations.

Genres: Nonfiction, China, Reference, Language, Textbooks

520 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Yi Lun · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book roughly 5 years ago as I was starting my degree. It is highly informative and not that dry either! (Then again I did study linguistics and I do enjoy grammar (yes people like me exist)). It was one of the main sources I used to help me learn Chinese and I would highly recommend it to anyone starting to learn the language to grasp basic grammar.

[Mathew Lui · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful resource with many useful sentence structures regarding a variety of topics. However, the text only displays Simplified Chinese. It would have been more beneficial to support both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

[Hayley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good no-nonsense guide, using the grammar itself (instead of groups of conversational topics) to order the chapters.