Studies in Chinese Language (Collected Works M A Halliday) [Hardcover]

M. A.K. Halliday (Author), Jonathan J. Webster (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826458742 | ISBN-13: 978-0826458742 | Publication Date: June 7, 2006

Now available in paperback, this eighth volumein the Collected Work Series offers a detailed survey of the Chinese language by eminent linguist M.A.K. Halliday.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'... a major enterprise comparable to a grand retrospective of the paintings of some prominent artist of a distinctive school.' Roy Harris, Times Literary Supplement

"In this volume, Professor Halliday describes the Chinese language system in terms of categories of grammar, lexis, and phonology, in both medieval and modern Chinese, Putonghua and Cantonese. This lays the foundation of his systemic-functional framework in general linguistics. His pioneering work on probabilistics in Chinese grammar and his observation of grammatical metaphor herald the heyday of contemporary corpus linguistics and text linguistics. Michael Halliday has proved himself worthy of the honour to be recognized as one of the most influential linguists today, and to be ranked along such great names in Chinese scholarship as B. Karlgren, H. Maspero, Chao Yuenren, Luo Changpei, Wang Li, and Lü Shuxiang."
Hu Zhuanglin, Tenured Professor, Peking University.

"an initiative greatly to be welcomed."

Reviewed in IH Journal, 2008

"In this volume, Professor Halliday describes the Chinese language system in terms of categories of grammar, lexis, and phonology, in both medieval and modern Chinese, Putonghua and Cantonese. This lays the foundation of his systemic-functional framework in general linguistics. His pioneering work on probabilistics in Chinese grammar and his observation of grammatical metaphor herald the heyday of contemporary corpus linguistics and text linguistics. Michael Halliday has proved himself worthy of the honour to be recognized as one of the most influential linguists today, and to be ranked along such great names in Chinese scholarship as B. Karlgren, H. Maspero, Chao Yuenren, Luo Changpei, Wang Li, and Lü Shuxiang.”
Hu Zhuanglin, Tenured Professor, Peking University.

About the Author

M. A. K. Halliday, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australis.

Professor Jonathan J. Webster is Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 396 pages
• Publisher: Continuum (June 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826458742
• ISBN-13: 978-0826458742
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,448,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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