Conversational Chinese for Beginners

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rOREWORO
There are many pocket-size introductions to Chinese, but few which do so much in so little space as Chinese in Your Pocket. Dr. Swadesh's experience in organizing rapid courses for various languages right on the field in Burma and in China has resulted in a book of a live language with live material for use in live situations. But don't take this for one of those handbooks made up in a hurry for men of supposedly low I. Q. to get a smattering of pidgin Chinese. While the style of exposition may be deceptively informal and colloquial, the stuff behind it is basically the same as what you would learn—or ought to—as part of a more formal academic course.
There is no need to enumerate all the special features of the book, which will speak for themselves. But I should like to mention especially the following:
(1) The "learning tips" give the essence of language learning without the paraphernalia of linguistic terminology —^which both the author and I love so much.
(2) The... Tovább

Fülszöveg

rOREWORO
There are many pocket-size introductions to Chinese, but few which do so much in so little space as Chinese in Your Pocket. Dr. Swadesh's experience in organizing rapid courses for various languages right on the field in Burma and in China has resulted in a book of a live language with live material for use in live situations. But don't take this for one of those handbooks made up in a hurry for men of supposedly low I. Q. to get a smattering of pidgin Chinese. While the style of exposition may be deceptively informal and colloquial, the stuff behind it is basically the same as what you would learn—or ought to—as part of a more formal academic course.
There is no need to enumerate all the special features of the book, which will speak for themselves. But I should like to mention especially the following:
(1) The "learning tips" give the essence of language learning without the paraphernalia of linguistic terminology —^which both the author and I love so much.
(2) The system of romanization used here is in general agreement with recent trends. You can't forget to ««aspirate your p's and t's if they are written as Vs and d's to start with.
(3) The over-all characteristic of informality in both the style of description and the language taught not only makes the subject matter interesting, but also brings home the truth that this is the language of real people in their everyday talk.
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