Chinese Language Research and Studies

Chinese Language
Research and Studies

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide to Chinese Language studies and research is to provide you with a combined print and web-link source for the study and research of the Chinese Language. Mandarin is the official language of the Peoples' Republic of China, and is often generically called "Chinese". In actuality, there is no one "Chinese" language, as China is home to over four dozen distinctly different ethnic and language origins. Other important languages of China include Cantonese and Szechuan. Within this guide are listed other Chinese language materials for related reference, study, and work.

Searching in WebLUIS

There are two basic types of searches to perform in WebLUIS. Either search can be effective, but the results of the search can vary greatly.

Subject Searching

Subject searching is dependant upon the use of specific, official subject headings from the Library of Congress Subject Headings. These books, known affectionately as the "red books" can be found throughout the library. Consulting the "red books" will offer you many Library of Congress subject headings. This heading --

s = Chinese language

will be sufficient enough to begin your search for Chinese Language study and research materials in the FIU Libraries.

Keyword Searching

The second method of searching by keywords can be very powerful if you remember that the word(s) you use can be located anywhere within a bibliographic record's text, and may or may not pertain to the subject or topic which you are searching. For example, if your topic required that you search the FIU Libraries Catalog for a Chinese-English, English-Chinese language dictionary, your keyword search command could be --

k = chinese english dictionary

Library Resources

Bibliographies

Chinese linguistics: a selected and classified bibliography. Yang, Paul Fu-mien.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: Z7059.Y286

Dictionaries

The Basic English-Chinese Chinese-English dictionary, using simplified characters: with an appendix containing the original complex characters: transliterated in accordance with the new, official Chinese phonetic alphabet.
Location: N.MIAMI Reference, Call Number: PL1455.B4

Chinese-English dictionary of contemporary usage. Chi, Wen-shun.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: PL1455.C59

The Facts on File English/Chinese visual dictionary: look up the word from the picture, find the picture from the word. Corbeil, Jean Claude.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: PL1455.C675 1988

Han Ying tui chao wu li hsueh ming tz'u hui plen / Chinese-English dictionary of physical terms. Sun, Chang.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: QC5.S95

Han Ying tz'u tien / The Pinyin Chinese-English dictionary.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: PL1455.H3 1979

Grammar Guides

Best Chinese idioms. [1986 Edition] Situ, Tan.
Location: N.MIAMI Reference, Call Number: PL1273.S98 1986

Best Chinese idioms. [1985/1984 Edition] Situ, Tan.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: PL1111.T35 1985

Everybody's Cantonese. Chan, Yeung Kwong.
Location: N.MIAMI General Collection, Call Number: PL1733.C33 1955

A Grammar of spoken Chinese. Chao, Yuen Ren.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PL1137.S6 C5 1968

Mandarin Chinese: a functional reference grammar. Li, Charles N.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PL1107.L5 1981

Mandarin pronunciation explained with diagrams. Huang, Raymond.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PL1209.H84

Noodle words; an introduction to Chinese and Japanese characters. Murray, Don.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PL1171.M8

Reading and writing Chinese: a guide to the Chinese writing system, the student's 1,020 list, the official 2,000 list. McNaughton, William.
Location: N.MIAMI General Collection, Call Number: PL1495.M3

A Reference grammar of Chinese sentences with exercises. Tiee, Henry Hung-Yeh.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PL1129.E5 T54 1986

A Reference grammar of Mandarin Chinese for English speakers. Chu, Chauncey C.
Location: N.MIAMI General Collection, Call Number: PL1129.E5 C45 1983

Chinese Language Studies and Analysis

Acquisiton of reading skills: cultural constraints and cognitive universals.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: LB1050.A24 1986

Chinese. Norman, Jerry.
Locations: N.MIAMI and UNIV.PARK General Collection,
Call Number: PL1075.N67 1988

Chinese characters; their origin, etymology, history, classification and signification; a thorough study from Chinese documents. Wieger, Leon.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: PL1171.W6 1965

The Prosody of Mandarin Chinese. Shen, Xiao-nan Susan.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PL1279.S48 1990

Verb Guides

Han yun ch'ang yung tung tz'u ta p'ei tz'u tien: Ying yu chu shih / A collocational dictionary of common Chinese verbs: (with English explanations). Wang, Yen-nung.
Location: N.MIAMI Reference, Call Number: PL1235.W34 1985

Web Sources and Gateways

Looking for Chinese Language newspapers, journals, or magazines? Need to learn or Chinese? Click on this link for available online and Chinese Language sources.

Cyberzines, E-Journals, and Language Learning Resources

Online Dictionaries and Translation Assistance

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Online Dictionaries & Translation Assistance

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Last Updated: January 3, 2000
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