Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication: With Online Media

by Qinghai Chen and Yanfang Tang

Written and designed for advanced learners of Chinese, this book and its accompanying audio program focus on the variety of linguistic strategies that are essential in real-life communications. The lessons include texts that are representative of current life in China and that are authentic works of literature. Five types of discourse are considered in detail--narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and lyrical expression.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300214316
• ISBN13: 9780300214314
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"