{"product_id":"late-archaic-chinese-a-grammatical-study-paperback","title":"Late Archaic Chinese: A Grammatical Study - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. A. C. H. Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Professor Dobson has laid the foundations for a systematic and scientific study of the grammar of Classical Chinese. He has devised a system set up according to the canons of modern linguistic science - a system which is at once intrinsic to the language itself, one that makes possible a proper accounting for all of the data and does so with economy, and one which produces solutions which are repoduceable and predictable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume deals in detail with \u003cem\u003eLate Archaic Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e, the language of the classical texts of \u003cem\u003eMencius\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMicius\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChung-Tzu\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTso-chuan\u003c\/em\u003e. A total accounting is provided for all forms and particles occurring at this period. A feature of the description is that the analytical categories set up are based on levels and types of distribution, that is to say, that word and unitary classes are characterized by environmental, rather than by intrinsic, features. Thus the classes and categories recognized are directly observable in the material. In a language in which accidence plays no part, but in which grammatical values are environmentally imposed, such a system enables observation of a precise and predictable kind. \u003cem\u003eLate Archaic Chinese \u003c\/em\u003ehas now, for the first time, been scientifically, comprehensively and precisely described. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains in addition to a grammatical description of \u003cem\u003eLate Archaic Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e, passages from Late Archaic authors (produced in Chinese characters and romanized script) with a complete grammatical analysis and translation, and a lexicon of grammatical particles in\u003cem\u003e Late Archaic Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will take its place among the standard sinological reference works but it will also be of interest to linguists for the contribution it makes to theoretical linguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinese characters used in printing the book were loaned by the Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard, University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eW.A.C.H. Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e (1913-1982) was a professor of Chinese and Head of the Department of East Asiatic Studies at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a graduate in Oriental Studies from Oxford, of which university he was a Doctor of Letters. He wrote extensively on the Chinese language and is the author of numerous articles in scholarly journals as well as a number of books: \u003cem\u003e The Civilization of the Orient\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLate Archaic Chinese: a Grammatical Study\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Early Archaic Chinese: A Descriptive Grammar\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMencius: a New Translation Arranged and Annotated for the General Reader\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLate Han Chinese\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003ethe Archaic-Han Shift\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Language of the Book of Songs\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1959\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665986183212,"sku":"9781442639928","price":73.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/Gm5IDTiqWZ9781442639928.webp?v=1781620982","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/late-archaic-chinese-a-grammatical-study-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}