This is a new and revised edition of the title first published by OUP in 2000. From the reviews of the first edition: 'This book is a comprehensive study of the phonology of Standard Chinese. Not only is it rich in detailed and amazingly accurate factual description, it also proposes elegant theoretical solutions to many long-standing problems in Chinese phonology, such as word...(展开全部)

Chinese phonology has been studied for over 1700 years. Before the twentieth century the focus of such scholarship was on the rhyming categories of syllables for the purposes of composing proper literary works and of preserving what was felt to be proper Chinese. During the first half of this century phonological research was directed towards the production of a simplified, nat...(展开全部)

Revised and updated edition of the best book on the subject Reflects theoretical advances made since the first edition Includes new data An outstandingly clear account of a complex and fascinating subject This is a new and revised edition of the title first published by OUP in 2000. From the reviews of the first edition: 'This book is a comprehensive study of the phonology of S...(展开全部)

Chinese phonology has been studied for over 1700 years. Before the twentieth century the focus of such scholarship was on the rhyming categories of syllables for the purposes of composing proper literary works and of preserving what was felt to be proper Chinese. During the first half of this century phonological research was directed towards the production of a simplified, nat...(展开全部)

This is a new and revised edition of the title first published by OUP in 2000. From the reviews of the first edition: 'This book is a comprehensive study of the phonology of Standard Chinese. Not only is it rich in detailed and amazingly accurate factual description, it also proposes elegant theoretical solutions to many long-standing problems in Chinese phonology, such as word...(展开全部)

Revised and updated edition of the best book on the subject Reflects theoretical advances made since the first edition Includes new data An outstandingly clear account of a complex and fascinating subject This is a new and revised edition of the title first published by OUP in 2000. From the reviews of the first edition: 'This book is a comprehensive study of the phonology of S...(展开全部)

A publication of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, this important resource builds on the work of Carnegie's best-selling books, Scholarship Reconsidered and Scholarship Assessed. The Advancement of Learning explores the premise that the scholarship of teaching and learning holds the key to improving the quality of higher education. The Advancement o...(展开全部)

沃尔特·皮特金，曾任美国哥伦比亚大学新闻学教授，并担任过大英百科全书美国分册的主编。他14岁开始便靠给人送货来谋生，16～18岁靠帮助政府部门在底特律的波兰人居住区进行在校学生状况调查，为自己赚得了跨人大学校门所需的第一笔学费，后一直靠勤工俭学坚持自己的学业。他广泛涉猎各种知识，学习了希腊语、拉丁语、法语、德语、希伯莱语、阿拉伯语等多种语言，一直从事哲学与心理学领域的研究。他一生完成了多部著作，涉及个人成长学习、生活与心理等多个方面。《人生40才开始》这本书当年出版后即被评为《纽约时报》年度畅销书，改变了很多美国人的生活态度与人生观。

沃尔特·皮特金，曾任美国哥伦比亚大学新闻学教授，并担任过大英百科全书美国分册的主编。他14岁开始便靠给人送货来谋生，16～18岁靠帮助政府部门在底特律的波兰人居住区进行在校学生状况调查，为自己赚得了跨人大学校门所需的第一笔学费，后一直靠勤工俭学坚持自己的学业。他广泛涉猎各种知识，学习了希腊语、拉丁语、法语、德语、希伯莱语、阿拉伯语等多种语言，一直从事哲学与心理学领域的研究。他一生完成了多部著作，涉及个人成长学习、生活与心理等多个方面。《人生40才开始》这本书当年出版后即被评为《纽约时报》年度畅销书，改变了很多美国人的生活态度与人生观。