Chinese Grammar | A Theoretical Approach: Volume I

Mingkai Gao

ISBN 10: 1918237190 / ISBN 13: 9781918237191

Published by EUROPEAN ACADEMIC PRESS, 2026

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Chinese Grammar | A Theoretical Approach: Volume I | Mingkai Gao | Taschenbuch | Masterpieces in Chinese Linguistics | Englisch | 2026 | EUROPEAN ACADEMIC PRESS | EAN 9781918237191 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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• Title: Chinese Grammar | A Theoretical Approach: Volume I
• Publisher: EUROPEAN ACADEMIC PRESS
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1918237190
• ISBN 13: 9781918237191
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 133H x 26D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 133 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 543 grams
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Chinese Grammar: A Theoretical Approach (Volume I) — The Foundational Framework of Chinese Morphology and Grammatical Theory

Serving as the foundational volume of the acclaimed Masterpieces in Chinese Linguistics Series, this book brings the pioneering grammatical theories of Professor Gao Mingkai to the global English-speaking audience for the first time.

In Volume I, Professor Gao establishes a rigorous theoretical foundation by defining the unique nature of Chinese grammar, critically evaluating and moving beyond the historical constraints of applying Western Indo-European grammatical models to the Chinese language. This volume concentrates primarily on General Introduction and Morphology. It tackles one of the most enduring debates in Sinology: the nature and classification of word classes in a language devoid of inflectional morphology.

The text provides a profound analysis of the characteristics of content words and function words, illustrating how Chinese utilizes lexical compounding and word order rather than morphological variations to manifest core grammatical categories. Volume I serves as an indispensable prerequisite for understanding the intricate syntactic and sentence patterns explored in Volume II.