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Library guide to print and online sources to learn Chinese language, literature and culture
Chinese Language Textbooks
- The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese by Claudia Ross; Baozhang He; Pei-Chia Chen; Meng YehCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2013
- The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Workbook Level 1 by Claudia Ross; Baozhang He; Pei-Chia Chen; Meng YehCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2013
- Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 2 Traditional by Pei-Chia Chen; Baozhang He; Claudia Ross; Meng YehCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2011A two-year undergraduate course for students with no prior background. Designed to build a strong foundation in both spoken and written language through basic skills of pronunciation, character writing, word use and structures,and communicative skills.
- The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Workbook Level 2 (Simplified) by Baozhang He; Pei-Chia Chen; Claudia Ross; Meng YehCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2011
- The Routledge Course in Business Chinese by Qinghai Chen; Le Tang; Qiuli ZhaoCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2019Fourth-year language learning or above in preparation for real-life business situations
- The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition by Chuanren Ke (Editor)Call Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2018Contains twenty contributions from leading experts in the field of Chinese SLA, covering a wide range of topics such as social contexts, linguistic perspectives, skill learning, individual differences and learning settings and testing.
Chinese Dictionaries
- Tuttle Concise Chinese Dictionary by Li DongCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2015Up-to-date Mandarin Chinese Dictionary with both Chinese to English and English to Chinese sections.
- Google TranslateWith more than 100 supported languages you can translate words, sentences, text and documents into or from your preferred language. Supports uploading and translation of documents including searchable PDFs.
Note: This is machine translation so 100% accuracy in translation and grammar not guaranteed.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowCross searchable and browsable full text subject, language and quotation dictionaries and subject encyclopedias, and Oxford Companions. Content covers a variety of disciplines, including the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and arts.
- MDBG Chinese English DictionarySearch in Chinese, English, and pinyin. Audio files provide pronunciation.
- Line Dictionary - Chinese EnglishSearch in Chinese, English and pinyin. Audio files provide pronunciation. Practice writing Chinese characters with your mouse.
- WordReferenceEnglish/Chinese, Chinese/English dictionaries. Participate in online "forums" to ask questions or discuss meanings of words, phrases or idioms.
- Forvo.com - ChineseChinese words pronounced by native speakers.
- inputkingInteresting tool allows the user to input Chinese words or characters without the need of a special keyboard. There is no need to download or install any software on your computer, since this is a web-based system.
- A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese by Richard Xiao; Tony McEnery; Paul RaysonCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2009For learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters (simplified) most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word corpus composed of spoken, fiction, non-fiction and news texts in current use,
- Oxford Beginner's Chinese DictionaryCall Number: PL1455 .O923 2006
- A Dictionary of Chinese Usage: 8000 WordsCall Number: PL1420 .H31 2000Chinese proficiency test vocabulary guide. In Chinese.
Chinese Language Textbooks
- The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese by Claudia Ross; Baozhang He; Pei-Chia Chen; Meng YehCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2013
- The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Workbook Level 1 by Claudia Ross; Baozhang He; Pei-Chia Chen; Meng YehCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2013
- Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 2 Traditional by Pei-Chia Chen; Baozhang He; Claudia Ross; Meng YehCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2011A two-year undergraduate course for students with no prior background. Designed to build a strong foundation in both spoken and written language through basic skills of pronunciation, character writing, word use and structures,and communicative skills.
- The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Workbook Level 2 (Simplified) by Baozhang He; Pei-Chia Chen; Claudia Ross; Meng YehCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2011
- The Routledge Course in Business Chinese by Qinghai Chen; Le Tang; Qiuli ZhaoCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2019Fourth-year language learning or above in preparation for real-life business situations
- The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition by Chuanren Ke (Editor)Call Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2018Contains twenty contributions from leading experts in the field of Chinese SLA, covering a wide range of topics such as social contexts, linguistic perspectives, skill learning, individual differences and learning settings and testing.
Chinese Grammar
- The Evolution of Chinese Grammar by Yuzhi ShiCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2023The Chinese language has the longest well-documented history among all human languages, making it an invaluable resource for studying how languages develop and change through time. Based on a twenty-year long research project, this pioneering book is the English version of an award-winning study originally published in Chinese. It provides an evolutionary perspective on the history of Chinese grammar, tracing its development from its thirteenth-Century BC origins to the present day. It investigates all the major changes in the history of the language within contemporary linguistic frameworks, and illustrates these with a wide range of examples taken from every stage in the language's development, showing how the author's findings are relevant to contemporary descriptive, theoretical, and historical linguistics. Shedding light on the essential properties of Chinese and, ultimately, language in general, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students of Asian linguistics, historical linguistics and syntactic theory.
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- Simulated Tests of the New HSK. Level 3 by Xueli JinCall Number: PL1119 .X563 2010Simulated tests for Chinese language proficiency. In Chinese.
- Chinese: An Essential Grammar by Yip, Po-ChingCall Number: PL1107 .Y57 2006Available in print and as an e-book
- Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook by Claudia RossAvailable as an e-book
- 201 Mandarin Chinese Verbs: Compounds and Phrases for Everyday Usage by Eugene ChingCall Number: PL1235 .C5 2007
- A Grammar of Mandarin Chinese by Hua LinCall Number: PL1111 .L55 2001
Chinese Characters
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- Stroke Order Dictionary for Simplified Chinese Characters by Melanie SchmidtCall Number: PL1175 .S36 2013Stroke orders for over 3,400 Chinese simplified characters, for all Chinese learners from beginner to advanced. Includes meanings and sample expressions.
- Read Chinese Today: Understanding Chinese Characters by Means of Their Ancestral Forms by Ping-gam GoCall Number: PL1171 .G6 1991
- Passport to Chinese: 100 Most Commonly Used Chinese Characters - by Lin ShanCall Number: PL1171 .L418 1998
- Learn to Write Chinese Characters by Johan BjorkstenCall Number: PL1171 .B5613 1994
- Basic Written Chinese: Move From Complete Beginner Level to Basic Proficiency by Cornelius C. KublerCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2014This is a beginning-level course in written Chinese that employs a revolutionary new method designed to have you quickly reading and writing simple, connected Chinese sentences.
Cantonese Chinese
- Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook by Virginia Yip; Stephen Stephen MatthewsCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2017Each of the 28 units deals with a grammatical topic and provides associated exercises, designed to put grammar into a communicative context.
- Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook by Virginia Yip; Stephen MatthewsCall Number: E-bookISBN: 9780415815604Publication Date: 2017Designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to progress to more complex language.
- Cantonese As a Second Language by John C. Wakefield (Editor)Call Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2019Cantonese is a language from southern China that is spoken by roughly 70 million people worldwide. It is the language of Hong Kong cinema and has traditionally been the most prominent language spoken in Chinatowns around the world.
- Colloquial Cantonese: The Complete Course for Beginners by Dana Scott Bourgerie; Keith S. T. Tong; Gregory JamesCall Number: E-bookISBN: 9780415478861Publication Date: 2010Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Cantonese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.