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Paperback. This is the first multi-author English-language critical analysis of the work of Mo Yan, recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. As well as exploring the Chinese writers literary contributions, the authors reflect on his global influence and context. Editor(s): Duran, Angelica (Purdue University, USA); Huang, Yuhan. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536815
- ISBN
- 9781557536815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.04
€ 40.04
Hardcover. This volume gathers researchers from around the world endeavouring to better understand a number of perennial issues in assessing Chinese learners of English, covering topics such as students' test performances, interactional competence and lexical knowledge, students' motivation, teachers' attitudes and assessment policy changes. Editor(s): Yu, Guoxing; Yan, Jin. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; CJA; EBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449771
- ISBN
- 9781137449771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Hardback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556080203
- ISBN
- 9781556080203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.04
€ 191.04
hardcover. Editor(s): Jin, Tinghe; Dervin, Fred. Series: Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective. Num Pages: 246 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJ; JN; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137583215
- ISBN
- 9781137583215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; 2GK; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137557179
- ISBN
- 9781137557179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.78
€ 100.78
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Teaching and Learning Chinese. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJA; JNLA; JNU; YQF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137542816
- ISBN
- 9781137542816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Hardcover. Through both cultural and literary analysis, this book examines gender in relation to late Qing and modern Chinese intellectuals, including Mu Shiying, Bai Wei, and Lu Xun. Tackling important, previously neglected questions, Zhu ultimately shows the resilience and malleability of Chinese modernity through its progressive views on femininity. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 198 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516893
- ISBN
- 9781137516893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardback. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 258 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512253
- ISBN
- 9781137512253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFB; CFDM; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506238
- ISBN
- 9781137506238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Translated from Japanese, this study exposes English-language scholars to the complexities of the relationship between food, culture, the environment, and literature in Japan. Yuki explores the systems of value surrounding food as expressed in four popular Japanese female writers: Ishimure Michiko, Taguchi Randy, Morisaki Kazue, and Nashiki Kaho. Translator(s): Berman, Michael. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497789
- ISBN
- 9781137497789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.65
€ 111.65
Hardcover. Rapid advances in computing have enabled the integration of corpora into language teaching and learning, yet in China corpus methods have not yet been widely adopted. Corpus Linguistics in Chinese Contexts aims to advance the state of the art in the use of corpora in applied linguistics and contribute to the expertise in corpus use in China. Editor(s): Zou, Bin; Hoey, Michael. Series: New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440020
- ISBN
- 9781137440020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382573
- ISBN
- 9781137382573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373540
- ISBN
- 9781137373540
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Condition: New
€ 132.63
€ 132.63
Hardcover. This innovative collection explores the life stories of Chinese women and men between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries. It draws on both biographical and autobiographical narratives and on perspectives taken from life writing theory to ask how lives were lived and written within and against the rules of the auto/biographical game. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137368560
- ISBN
- 9781137368560
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Yamamoto Sanehiko's (1885-1952) achievements as a publisher, writer, and politician in the interwar period served as both a catalyst and a template for developments after the wars. While exploring the accomplishments the compelling figure, this study sheds new light on the social, cultural, and political changes that occurred in postwar Japan. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJP; DSK; HBTB; JFC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366214
- ISBN
- 9781137366214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Hardcover. Chinese Discourse Studies presents an innovative and systematic approach to discourse and communication in contemporary China. Incorporating Chinese philosophy and theory, it offers not only a distinct cultural paradigm in the field, but also a culturally sensitive and effective tool for studying Chinese discourses. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFB; CFGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365033
- ISBN
- 9781137365033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardback. Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century, Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310972
- ISBN
- 9781137310972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Hardcover. This book synthesizes previous work on thanking, politeness and Japanese pragmatics and crystallises the theoretical underpinnings of thanking, how it is realized linguistically and the social meaning and significance of this aspect of Japanese communication. Num Pages: 228 pages, 2 figures, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009869
- ISBN
- 9781137009869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardback. Provides a resource for the critical discussion of issues in learning to read Chinese from a child acquisition perspective. It features combined contributions from researchers in Asian studies, linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, reading and education. Editor(s): Li, Wenling; Gaffney, Janet S.; Packard, Jerome L. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375432
- ISBN
- 9780792375432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.92
€ 127.92
Hardback. Presents a series of psycholinguistic investigations on consonantal distinctions in Finnish and Japanese. This work describes differences in adult production, perception, and child acquisition of these distinctions. It is suitable for those interested in developments, in theoretical and psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2FCF; 2GJ; CFD; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792372165
- ISBN
- 9780792372165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.07
€ 126.07
Hardback. This work deals with a number of constructions in Mandarin Chinese which involve the main verb and the material following it, like the object NPs, resultative phrases, durative expressions and other elements. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDCM; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1180.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354628
- ISBN
- 9780792354628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardback. Presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. This title combines syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and offers linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Navajo and Russian. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2AGR; 2GDC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346579
- ISBN
- 9780792346579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.51
€ 246.51
Hardback. This work is an introduction to the "state of the art" of Chinese linguistics, focusing especially on developments since the 1970s. It addresses both traditional and current theoretical research, as well as areas that represent newly cultivated frontiers in cognitive science. Editor(s): Huang, C. T. James; Li, Yen-hui Audrey. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338673
- ISBN
- 9780792338673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.97
€ 246.97
Hardback. A detailed linguistic analysis of a large body of aphasic Chinese natural speech data. This work describes how the major aphasia syndromes are manifest in Chinese, a language which differs significantly from languages upon which traditional aphasia theory is based. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324669
- ISBN
- 9780792324669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.78
€ 192.78