The History of Modern Chinese Grammar Studies

• Main Author: Peverelli, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Chinese language.; Grammar.; Historical linguistics.; Chinese.; Historical Linguistics.

This book discusses the way Chinese scholars developed a national grammar. Chinese didn’t develop grammar until China’s contact with Western grammar books in the 19th Century. The first indigenous grammar was published in 1889. It included some traditional notions, but mainly imitated European gramm...

Table of Contents:

• Preface of the revised edition
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The Mashi Wentong
• The period of Imitation (1898-1930)
• Innovation and Maturation (1930 - 1949)
• The discussion on 'Innovation of Grammar'
• The Age of Standardization
• Summary and Conclusions
• APPENDIX.