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INTRODUCTION

Hai-taoVE Tang , Perry Link and Yih-jian Tai

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Frontmatter i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
CONTENTS ix
TABLES xi
FIGURES xi
INTRODUCTION xiii
FOUNDATION WORK UNIT I STUDENTS 1
UNIT I STUDENTS 60
UNIT II. DRINK, EAT, RUN 72
UNIT III. A TIMELY VISITOR 80
UNIT IV. DOGGED LOCALIZERS AND DIRECTIONAL COMPLEMENTS 90
UNIT V. THE NOSE JOB 98
UNIT VI. WHO'S NEXT? 106
UNIT VII. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER 118
UNIT VIII. LOVE ME, LOVE MY CHINESE 124
Appendix A PINYIN ROMANIZATION 137
Appendix B THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ITS SCRIPT 142
GLOSSARY AND INDEX 173

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
CONTENTS ix
TABLES xi
FIGURES xi
INTRODUCTION xiii
FOUNDATION WORK UNIT I STUDENTS 1
UNIT I STUDENTS 60
UNIT II. DRINK, EAT, RUN 72
UNIT III. A TIMELY VISITOR 80
UNIT IV. DOGGED LOCALIZERS AND DIRECTIONAL COMPLEMENTS 90
UNIT V. THE NOSE JOB 98
UNIT VI. WHO'S NEXT? 106
UNIT VII. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER 118
UNIT VIII. LOVE ME, LOVE MY CHINESE 124
Appendix A PINYIN ROMANIZATION 137
Appendix B THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ITS SCRIPT 142
GLOSSARY AND INDEX 173

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