Sommario
Chinese Language (Language and Phonology) (Year 1)
Prof. Mi Yee Wong
Chinese Language Classes (Year 1, First-level Degree)
Dr. Chiara Piccinini; Dr. Zhang Li; Dr. Debora Celere; Dr. Lilo Web
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Chinese Language (Language and Phonology) (Year 1)
PROF. MI YEE WONG
COURSE AIMS
The course will outline the key morphological elements of the Chinese language,
with special emphasis on the structure of the period, providing models of phrase
composition and formation and of the placement of the different grammatical and
syntactic elements within the period. In addition, it will illustrate the characteristics
and the basic rules of Chinese phonetics and phonology with practical online
exercises.
COURSE CONTENT
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Languages and the language.
Morphology.
Phonetics and Phonology.
Analysis of the characteristics of Chinese, with reference to the Italian
language.
In-depth study of the grammar and syntax of particular Chinese expressions.
Analysis of proverbs and idiomatic expressions.
Analysis of the language of emigration.
Language tab.
Grammar tab.
READING LIST
M. ABBIATI, Grammatica del cinese moderno, Edizione Cafoscarina, Venezia, 1998.
G. MERCHIONNE-C. PICCININI, Materiali di linguistica cinese I.
TEACHING METHOD
Classroom lectures.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Periodical exercises in class and final written exam.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.
Chinese Language Classes (Year 1, First-level Degree)
DR. CHIARA PICCININI; DR. ZHANG LI; DR. DEBORA CELERE; DR. LILO WEB
COURSE AIMS
The course sets out to equip the student with basic written and oral skills in the
Chinese language. Students will be set assignments designed to develop their
ability to form and recognise language structures, to trace and read written
characters, and to produce short written and/or oral texts in standard Chinese.
COURSE CONTENT
Students will develop the following knowledge according to the textbook.
– Description and practice of Chinese phonetics, with special emphasis on how to
produce the tones.
– Basic notions for developing ways to produce and understand sentences in the
different situations of everyday life.
– Exercises on the production and analysis of basic Chinese lexical characters.
– Basic syntactic structures for producing short written texts.
– Basic vocabulary.
READING LIST
LIU XUN 刘珣, New Practical Chinese Reader, Textbook (课本), Beijing Language and
Culture University Press, Beijing, 2009. Vol. 1.
LIU XUN 刘珣, New Practical Chinese Reader, Workbook (综合练习册), Beijing Language
and Culture University Press, Beijing, 2009. Vol. 1.
Each book comes with a useful DVD so that the student can listen individually to the classes
and the exercises.
For learning chinese characters
ZHANG PENGPENG 张朋朋, The Most Common Chinese Radicals – New Approaches to Learning
Chinese, Sinolingua, Beijing, 2001.
Grammar manuals for home study:
M. ABBIATI, Grammatica di cinese moderno, Cafoscarina, Venice, 2003.
LI DEJIN-CHENG MEIZHEN (ed.), A Practical Chinese Grammar for Foreigners, Beijing
Language and Culture University Press, 2009. Revised edition.
TEACHING METHOD
Classroom lectures. For studying writing, the lecturer will use course notes available in
Laboratorio Fotoriproduzoni after the course start.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Mid-term tests and final written and oral exams. Mid-term tests results and possible
HSK qualification as well as endorsed study experiences in China will be sized up for the
final exam.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at
http://docenti.unicatt.it/web/searchByName.do?language=ENG, or on the Faculty notice
board.