Studies in Chinese language /

Preface p. vii
Acknowledgements p. x
Medieval Chinese Grammar
Editor's Introduction p. 3
The Language of the Chinese "Secret History of the Mongols [characters not reproducible]" (1959) p. 5
The text p. 5
Method of analysis p. 8
Contextualization p. 12
Graphic analysis p. 20
Script and language p. 24
Grammar p. 37
Lexis p. 112
Phonology and transcription p. 116
Appendices p. 128
A phonological (prosodic) analysis of the new Chinese syllable (Modern Pekingese) p. 128
Specimen analysis and translation p. 135
Statistical tables p. 137
Lexical translation forms collocation of Mongolian names p. 159
Suggested emendations p. 160
Chinese syllabary and table of characters p. 162
Modern Chinese Grammar
Editor's Introduction p. 175
Temporal Categories in the Modern Chinese Verb (with J. O. Ellis, 1951) p. 177
Grammatical Categories in Modern Chinese (1956) p. 209
Some Lexicogrammatical Features of the Dialects of the Pearl River Delta p. 249
Chinese Phonology
Editor's Introduction p. 273
The Origin and Early Development of Chinese Phonological Theory (1981) p. 275
A Systemic Interpretation of Peking Syllables (1992) p. 294
Grammar and Discourse
Editor's Introduction p. 323
Grammatical Metaphor in English and Chinese (1984) p. 325
Analysis of Scientific Texts in English and Chinese (1993) p. 334
On the Grammatical Foundations of Discourse (2001) p. 346
Appendix p. 365
Bibliography p. 368
Index p. 379