Chinese Language 2 (Language, morphosyntax and lexicon) (Year 2)
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ROF
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IUSEPPINA
M
ERCHIONNE
COURSE AIMS
The course plans to outline the basic elements of the structure of the Chinese period, with special reference to the analysis of specific sector languages, such as business-legal, advertising and information technology jargon.
COURSE CONTENT
– Business terminology between Italian and Chinese: how are the terms of the business-social structure of Western society expressed in Chinese.
– The main suffixes.
– Terminology used by the rural economy.
– The terminology used in the language of trade and commerce.
– Advertising terminology.
– Political terminology.
– Introduction to Business Chinese.
READING LIST
M.
A BBIATI , Grammatica del cinese moderno, Edizioni Cafoscarina, Venice, 1998.
Z HANG L I , Gateway toBusiness Chinese Daily Communication, Peking University Press, 2006.
G.
M ERCHIONNE , Dispensa di Linguistica Cinese II, Università Cattolica, Milan.
B.
L EONESSI , Cinese ed affari, edizioni Hoepli, 2011.
TEACHING METHOD
Classroom lectures.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Written assignments in class; final written exams.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at http://www2.unicatt.it/unicattolica/docenti/index.html or on the Faculty notice board.

Chinese Language Classes (Year 2, Three Year Course)
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ROF
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G
IUSEPPINA
M
ERCHIONNE
COURSE CONTENT
The course of practical Chinese language classes consists of eight hours per week, split into:
– 2 hours per week of grammar classes with the Italian tutor;
– 6 hours per week of conversation with Chinese mother-tongue tutors.
READING LIST
The course will adopt the following textbook:
W U Z HONGWEI , Contemporary Chinese, Sinolingua, Beijing, 2003, vol. II (Textbook, Exercise
Book, Chinese Characters, 3 Dvd)
H UNG NIN S.
C HEUNG , A Practical Chinese Grammar, The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong,
1994.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at http://www2.unicatt.it/unicattolica/docenti/index.html or on the Faculty notice board.