. – Chinese Language 3 (Language and Professional Communication)
PROFESSOR VICTORIA BOGUSHEVSKAYA
COURSE AIMS
The course will present the main features of the specialized sector languages of
Chinese, starting with the analysis of a diversified range of the text types used to
communicate in specific professional contexts.
COURSE CONTENT
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The Chinese language and dynamic aspects of the lexicon.
Chengyu, yanyu, xiehouyu, guanyongyu: structural analysis, linguistic and
cultural aspects.
The influence of the grammatical constructions of classical Chinese on modern
Chinese.
Chinese sector languages: lexical and morphosyntactic aspects.
Specialized Chinese texts: types and structural aspects.
READING LIST
- The lecture notes and study materials provided by the lecturer.
- P. DE TROIA – ZHANG TONGBING – C. ROMAGNOLI – SUN PINGPING, Il cinese dei giornali. Guida al
linguaggio della stampa in Cina, Hoepli, Milan, 2013.
- B. LEONESI, Cinese & affari. Manuale pratico di cinese commerciale, Hoepli, Milan, 2011.
- V. PELLATT – ERIC T. LIU, Thinking Chinese Translation, Routledge, New York, 2010.
- G. TRENTIN, Dipingere draghi. Antologia di Chengyu, ISIAO, Rome, 2011.
- GOH PEI KI (A CURA DI), 常用谚语 Popular Chinese proverbs, Asiapac, Singapore, 2006.
- JIAO LIWEI – CORNELIUS C. KUBLER – ZHANG WEIGUO, 成语 500 条 500 Common Chinese Idioms:
An Annotated Frequency Dictionary, London & New York, Routledge, 2011.
- LÜ SHUXIANG 吕叔湘, 现代汉语八百词 (增订本), Shangwu Yinshuguan, Beijing, 1999.
The compulsory exam reading list will be communicated in class. Students are invited to
check the “didactic materials” section of the lecturer’s webpage on a regular basis.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Final oral exam and continuous assessment in class.
NOTES
Students are strongly encouraged to attend all classes.
To sit the Chinese Language 3 exam (Language and Professional Communication), the
student must first pass the written and the oral language exams (in any order) set for the
corresponding course year.
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.