It is proposed that the functions of the Mandarin verbal suffix "-le" are three: (1) for marking non-continual factual actions or events; (2) for indicating the "peak" in an event line; and (3) for explicitly marking anteriority of an action or event. Observations of written language drawn from newspaper articles and…

Students can be taught to read Chinese more efficiently and accurately by using the specific capabilities of the right and left hemispheres of the brain. The right hemisphere is the site of image and pattern recognition, and students can be taught to use those capacities to process individual characters efficiently by watching for the element of…

An illustrated guide to aspects of life in the United States is presented in Chinese for recent Chinese-speaking arrivals. The guidelines address such topics as resettlement agencies, community relations and national customs, the U.S. government, local and long distance transport, mail and telephone communication systems, employment practices, the…

In theory, the Chinese Communist press is required to engage in criticism of other institutions and of Party or government bureaucrats through its news coverage and self-criticism of its own mistakes in response to criticism from readers. In practice, Party control of the press prevents any effective criticism or self-criticism. Basically, the…

Patterns of extended kinship are examined for a sample of married women of ages 20-39 living with their native-born husbands in Taichung City, Taiwan, in 1962-63. Extended kinship with the husband's parents and married brothers is found to be widely prevalent among the couples. (Author)

An overview of the situation of national minority groups in China and the work of the Central Institute of National Minorities in Peking. (EH)

In this study, 60 pairs of Ss were randomly selected and individually matched on age, sex, grade equivalence, and birth order. The seven null hypotheses dealt with culture, sex, birth order, and their interactions. The main self-rating scales employed were the IPAT Anxiety Scale and the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. (Author/EK)

Examines several subtypes of the verbal sequency NP-VP1-VP2 in Chinese, especially those involving descriptions of human action, directed motion, and instrumental functions, and finds that these could be subsumed under the heading of "purposive clauses." The VP1 states an action whose goal is fulfilled by the action performed in VP2. (Author/RM)

Traditional festivals and customs of the Chinese people are described in this publication which can be used with secondary level students. In the margins of the text are numbers which indicate slides and cultural objects that relate to the text. The text, however, can be used without the slides and objects. The following festivals are described:…

The table of 545 simplified Chinese characters indicates the proper forms for general use according to the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The simplified characters are arranged according to a system that combines stroke counting and stroke order. Alongside the simplified characters are their traditional and more complex forms,…

RESEARCH WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE WHETHER SPOKEN AND WRITTEN FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS COULD BE TAUGHT BY PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION USING THE MOST PRACTICAL AND WELL-DESIGNED AUDIOVISUAL TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE. THE PRESENTATION DEVICE, OR TEACHING MACHINE, WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO SERVE THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION…

THE LACK OF COORDINATION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS PRESENTS A SERIOUS PROBLEM OF ARTICULATION FOR STUDENTS OF CHINESE. A COLLEGE PROGRAM THAT EMPHASIZED READING CHINESE MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE PREPARATION OF A STUDENT COMING FROM THE SPEAKING-PRONUNCIATION ORIENTATION OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM. THERE IS A…

THE DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE DETERMINERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO MODIFYING CLAUSE STRUCTURES IN ENGLISH AND MANDARIN CHINESE ARE STUDIED WITHIN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR, AS PRESENTED BY KATZ AND POSTAL. A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE FORM-CLASS AND EARLIER TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM IS MADE WITH THE CONCLUSION…