An inquiry into the internal structure of infl has led to the view in the generative grammar that universally the head of the I(nfl)P(hrase) is decompositional in that a series of functional categories can be located there, e.g. T(ense)P(hrase), Agr(eement)P(hrase), Neg(ation)P(hrase), Asp(ect)P(hrase), etc.; each of these categories projects its…

Discusses the cultural features of "Spring" and "Autumn" in Chinese. Their meanings range from references to happiness and love to seasons, crops and farming, to the representation of a year's time and one's age. They are used in poetry and as noun compounds for titles of history books. (SC)

John Thomson was a nineteenth-century British photojournalist who used the wet-plate process to illustrate his explorations of eastern and Southeast Asia. His travels from 1862 to 1872 took him to the following places, among others: Ceylon, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Saigon, Siam, mainland China, and Taiwan. Thomson chose to use the wet-plate…

A survey of common daily expressions in use in the People's Republic of China (PRC) was conducted during the summer of 1979. It was considered a preliminary attempt towards solving the problem of inadequate teaching material for the study of Chinese. A questionnaire was developed and administered to more than 200 individuals. One hundred…

This book, compiled by six practicing teachers of Chinese, is designed to provide supplementary work for regular textbooks such as "Speak Chinese,""Speak Mandarin," and "Modern Chinese," and hopefully to help the teacher to avoid the monotony and boredom of much drill practice by providing a greater variety of material for drill purposes. It…

This paper describes work that has been completed to date on a course in Cantonese for students who already have some knowledge of Mandarin. Among the topics discussed are the principles on which the course is to be based, the method of data collections, and the organization of the materials that have been so far produced. Specimens of the latter…

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MANDARIN CHINESE GRAMMAR HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY EXPLORED WITHIN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR IN THE PROJECT ON LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. THE PROBLEMS STUDIED INCLUDE SUCH GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES AS ASPECT MARKERS, ADJECTIVES, EXISTENTIAL AND POSSESSIVE VERBS, INDEFINITE PRONOUNS, AND…

Presents a preliminary study on the analysis of cleft sentences in Chinese, defining the cleft sentence in Chinese, clarifying its relationship to equation sentences, and discussing two alternative analyses. (Author/AM)

The speech of two male Taiwanese speakers was analyzed to determine whether fundamental frequency (Fo) is correlated with both duration and intensity; five conclusions are drawn. The results are discussed in terms of theories of pitch production and speed of pitch change. (EJS)

Defends the use of complex Chinese characters and criticizes the use made of his previous paper in an article by C. Cheng in this journal advocating the teaching of simplified characters. (CHK)

Reviews the development of the oral history tradition in China. Identifies a number of problems that presently exist in the use of oral history in this country. (RKM)

In order to gain a better view of the phonological properties of Taiwanese, examines how the rules of three dialects in the Taiwanese secret language operate. Describes the three main types of rules which are required to derive the secret language from the source language. Discusses implications of the study. (SED)

Describes cultural and temporal problems in learning about contemporary China. Provides an introduction to the other articles on China in this issue of the journal. (JDH)

Presents three theories or "perspectives" for studying recent changes in China: the modernization perspective which views changes as a form of evolutionary development, the cyclical perspective which interprets changes as the ebb and flow of normal phases, and the dialectical perspective which assumes changes stem from unresolved…

Presents one elementary, one middle school, and two high school lesson plans designed to teach about changes which have occurred in China. (JDH)