Taiwanese Grammar: A Concise Reference 1st Edition

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Taiwanese Grammar: A Concise Reference is an unprecedented guide delivering clear, straightforward explanations of Taiwanese grammar while offering insightful comparisons to Mandarin Chinese. Designed to be both functional and accessible, the text makes searching for topics quick and easy with fully cross-referenced entries and a comprehensive index. Topics covered range broadly from parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adverbs, etc.) to grammatical topics (aspect, negation, passive voice, etc.) to special topics (terms of address, pronunciation, time, etc.). This text is ideal for self-study and enables students at all levels to build a solid foundation in grammar. Taiwanese (also known as Hokkien, Fookien, Amoy, Southern Min, or Fukienese) along with its variants is spoken by over 40 million people worldwide and is a member of the Chinese language family. Features of this text include: • Easy-to-use reference guide with cross-referenced entries and a comprehensive index • 1000+ example sentences using everyday vocabulary rendered in Taiwanese, Mandarin Chinese, and English • Character script for Taiwanese in accordance with the official selection of Taiwanese Characters by the Taiwanese Ministry of Education (2007) • Romanization provided for both Taiwanese (Peh-oe-ji) and Mandarin Chinese (Hanyu Pinyin) • In-depth guide to pronunciation using English approximations and full explanations on rules for changing tones (tone sandhi)

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Philip T. Lin currently resides in Taiwan and has a broad background in the areas of education, design, and finance. He is a graduate of Stanford University and additionally holds advanced degrees from Columbia University and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Paperback: 662 pages
Publisher: Greenhorn Media; 1 edition (May 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0996398201
ISBN-13: 978-0996398206
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Sabinchen

Amazing work for the student of Taiwanese language

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2015

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Amazing work for the student of Taiwanese language. I first bought this app years ago and it was great in helping me understand the most basic tone changes. This book goes into great depth and is a wonderful read. Admittedly, there are a couple distracting typos (the first of which occur when looking at the pronunciation of 石, showing the different pronunciations, the book has "藥" underlined in 藥石; and I have noticed a couple in the tone change chapter, for example when it explains how 客 changes as in 客廳, the text says to an eighth tone, but then it is written as if a second tone in POJ-- I believe it should in fact be a second tone. And another if I remember mentioning 物件, while 物 changes to a third tone, I remember the POJ written as if it were a first tone--here third tone seems correct. Despite that, this book is truly wonderful. The author put so much though into examples and showing English approximations. It goes into great depths while remaining highly accessible. If you're even remotely interested in the Taiwanese language, BUY this book.

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David Chen

Wonderful insight on Taiwanese and Other Hokkien dialects.

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2015

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Wonderful and thorough insight on Taiwanese and Hokkien dialects spoken in Taiwan, Southern Fujian, and SE Asia. I just wish I could print out a copy of the book to read.

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rypervenche

A MUST for Taiwanese!

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2015

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Amazing guide for anyone who is wanting to learn Taiwanese. This book is a prefect reference for going back and learning the rules and grammatical structures that I didn't think were written down anywhere for the language. It also goes over the differences in pronunciation and tone sandhi for Northern and Southern Taiwanese.

A MUST if you are learning Taiwanese!

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Ramsey

The best book on Taiwanese there is!

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015

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As a language nerd who has spent several years in Fujian and Taiwan, I have been slowly trying to learn Taiwanese (Southern Min) on and off for quite some time. Over the years, I've amassed a small library of books on the language. Had this book been available five years ago, I could have saved myself a lot of money, as this is easily the best Taiwanese reference book I have ever found. The first section on the cultural, historical, and political background of the language is almost a standalone work, and provides an invaluable context for learners that is sorely lacking in the other books I own. The author's observations on regional variation and the somewhat limited extent to which most native speakers are aware of the grammar and writing systems of the language mirror exactly my own experiences. These insights will help learners avoid much confusion and frustration when trying to make sense of variant pronunciations and when seeking answers to grammatical questions from native speakers.

Concerning the actual grammar explanations, like the introduction they are detailed and clear. Half an hour flipping through this book has cleared up several questions I have had about Taiwanese for years. The inclusion of characters, romanization, and Mandarin and English glosses for all example sentences makes this book extremely helpful for native/proficient English speakers with experience learning Mandarin, which is arguably the main population studying Taiwanese as a foreign language. These example sentences serve to familiarize the reader with the two main approaches to writing Taiwanese (romanization and characters) as well as leveraging the reader's prior knowledge of Mandarin. The sections are also extensively cross-referenced, making it easy to find related content for further reading.

The only extremely minor thing I might change about the book is that, in the section on tone changes, I wish the example sentences contained superscript numbers indicating the changed tones. This convention should be familiar to anyone who has ever encountered the Maryknoll Taiwanese textbooks. However I imagine this would have been a formatting nightmare, and the explanations of tone change rules are already very thorough and informative as is.

Overall, I find this book to be written at a sufficiently academic level, yet still clear and easy to read, which is a difficult balance to strike. This book will definitely be my main reference for Taiwanese, and I expect it will eventually be recognized as an authoritative text on the language. Anyone who is serious about learning Taiwanese will find it immensely helpful.

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Faiz S. Hussain

Phonetic codas hard to follow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2017

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Really solid insight into the world of Hokkien (Amoy, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan). My only reservation is around the romanisation system/phoneticisation, which for posterity is the POJ church rendering. I would have liked to see this aligned to Tongyong Pinyin or Zhuyin symbols for more clarity as the mix of Mandarin glossing can confuse the reader. The text layout could have been column wise to demonstrate the comparisons more practically. It was much more thorough than Routledge's offerings in Mandarin and Japanese. I would love a companion lexicon glossary.

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Y. Vincent

Taiwanese grammar

Reviewed in France on February 27, 2016

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First complete grammar of the Taiwanese language (the Minnan dialect used in Taiwan) written in English. Besides the transcription in Latin alphabet, the book makes use of Chinese characters which is a very notable plus.

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Deborah Thompson-Banker

Excellent reference for Taiwanese language student.

Reviewed in France on July 8, 2016

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Very comprehensive reference for Taiwanese language students. The best I have found, so far!
Everything I needed is explained ie: tones, vocabulary, grammer and historical background.

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友恵

こういう本はあまり多くないので…

Reviewed in Japan on March 18, 2017

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台湾語のcomprehensive grammarの本はそんなに簡単にはみつかりません。
かなり分厚いです。
本文は英語で解説されてますが、例文は台湾語と中国語、およびローマ字表記も書かれているので、
中国語がわかる方には台湾語の基本的構造を知るのに役立つかもしれません。
ただし台湾語のローマ字表記は特殊記号が多いので、
これだけを見て発音するのは難しいでしょう。
閩南語（台湾語）に興味を持っている方が参考資料として手元においておく価値はあると思います。

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