Dreaming in Chinese :
Fallows, Deborah.
Dreaming in Chinese : Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language / Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language Deborah Fallows. - New York, N.Y. : Walker & Co., 2010. - 212p.; illustrations, map.
Academic
Includes bibliographical references.
Wŏ ài nĭ! = I love you! : the grammar of romance -- Bú yào! = Don't want, don't need! : when rude is polite -- Shī, Shí, Shĭ, Shì = Lion, ten, to make, to be : language play as a national sport -- Dăbāo = Do you do takeout? : why the Chinese hear tones, and we don't -- Lăobăixìng = Common folk : China's Ordinary Joe -- Nĭ hăo, Wŏ jiào Mínyì = Hello, my name is Public Opinion : a brief introduction to Chinese names -- Dōngbĕi = Eastnorth : finding your way in China-- the semantics of time and place -- Wŏ, Nĭ, Tā, Tā, Tā = I, you, he, she, it : disappearing pronouns and the sense of self -- Rènao = Hot-and-noisy : think like the Chinese think -- Tīng bù dŏng = I don't understand : a billion people, countless dialects -- Hànzì = Characters ; the essence of being Chinese -- Bù kĕyĭ = Not allowed : rules to follow and rules to break -- Dìzhèn = Earthquake : out of calamity, tenderness -- Nĭ de Zhōngwĕn hĕn hăo! = Your Chinese is really good! : a little goes a long way.
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9780802779144
Cultural studies.
Language and culture
Chinese language
Americans
Americans.
Chinese language
Civilization.
Language and culture.
Manners and customs.
Language Arts & Disciplines
Language.--China.--Social aspects.--China.--Social aspects.--Translating & Interpreting.
China--Civilization--2002-
China--Social life and customs--2002-
China.
Electronic books.
495.119 / FAL
Dreaming in Chinese : Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language / Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language Deborah Fallows. - New York, N.Y. : Walker & Co., 2010. - 212p.; illustrations, map.
Academic
Includes bibliographical references.
Wŏ ài nĭ! = I love you! : the grammar of romance -- Bú yào! = Don't want, don't need! : when rude is polite -- Shī, Shí, Shĭ, Shì = Lion, ten, to make, to be : language play as a national sport -- Dăbāo = Do you do takeout? : why the Chinese hear tones, and we don't -- Lăobăixìng = Common folk : China's Ordinary Joe -- Nĭ hăo, Wŏ jiào Mínyì = Hello, my name is Public Opinion : a brief introduction to Chinese names -- Dōngbĕi = Eastnorth : finding your way in China-- the semantics of time and place -- Wŏ, Nĭ, Tā, Tā, Tā = I, you, he, she, it : disappearing pronouns and the sense of self -- Rènao = Hot-and-noisy : think like the Chinese think -- Tīng bù dŏng = I don't understand : a billion people, countless dialects -- Hànzì = Characters ; the essence of being Chinese -- Bù kĕyĭ = Not allowed : rules to follow and rules to break -- Dìzhèn = Earthquake : out of calamity, tenderness -- Nĭ de Zhōngwĕn hĕn hăo! = Your Chinese is really good! : a little goes a long way.
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time;
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
9780802779144
Cultural studies.
Language and culture
Chinese language
Americans
Americans.
Chinese language
Civilization.
Language and culture.
Manners and customs.
Language Arts & Disciplines
Language.--China.--Social aspects.--China.--Social aspects.--Translating & Interpreting.
China--Civilization--2002-
China--Social life and customs--2002-
China.
Electronic books.
495.119 / FAL